Verse 17
Did I take advantage of you by any of them whom I have sent unto you?
Paul's reply here indicates the nature of the "guile" in 2 Corinthians 12:16.
As David Lipscomb interpreted this:
His contemptible enemies not only stated that Paul did not dare accept support, but insinuated that there was something suspicious about the collection he was taking, and that perhaps he had a secret personal interest in it.[35]
Also in this same vein, many commentators have remembered the words of John Calvin: "It is customary for the wicked impudently to impute to the servants of God whatever they themselves would do, if they had it in their power."[36]
[35] David Lipscomb, op. cit., p. 165.
[36] Philip E. Hughes, op. cit., p. 465.
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