12 If other men partake of this authority over YOU,+ do we not much more so? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this authority,+ but we are bearing all things, in order that we might not offer any hindrance to the good news+ about the Christ.

9 and yet when I was present with YOU and I fell in need, I did not become a burden to a single one,+ for the brothers that came from Mac·e·doʹni·a+ abundantly supplied my deficiency. Yes, in every way I kept myself unburdensome to YOU and will keep myself so.+