9. When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
10. As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11. Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.