¹⁶ I did not give you trouble. You surely know that. But some of you say that I deceived you. You think that I was clever and I got money from you. ¹⁷ That is not true! When I sent people to you, they never cheated you on my behalf. ¹⁸ I asked Titus to come and visit you, and I sent another Christian friend with him. But Titus certainly did not deceive you to get anything from you. Both he and I have always been completely honest with you. We both think in the same way.