I hear what some say: It is true, that when I was myself with you, I laid no burden upon you, did not put upon you any collection for me; but, like a crafty man, I set others to take money of you for my use; so as, what I did not by myself, I did by those whom I employed. This appeareth to be the sense by what followeth in the next verse, where he appealeth to them for his vindication of this particular.
Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 12:16
2 Corinthians 12:16
16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.