So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.

Make room for me in your hearts. I have not wronged or harmed or got the better of anybody.

Such people had better understand that when I arrive and take action I will do just as I say I will in my letters when I am far away.

Are they servants of Christ?
I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:
with far more labors,
many more imprisonments,
far worse beatings, near death many times.

For what is there in which the other churches had the better of you, except in the fact that I would not permit myself to be a burden to you? You must forgive me that wrong!

But be that as it may, I did not burden you [with my support]. But [some say that] I was sly and took you by trickery.