4. We told you about Jesus, and you received the Holy Spirit and accepted our message. But you let some people tell you about another Jesus. Now you are ready to receive another spirit and accept a different message.
5. I think I am as good as any of those super apostles.
6. I may not speak as well as they do, but I know as much. And this has already been made perfectly clear to you.
7. Was it wrong for me to lower myself and honour you by preaching God's message free of charge?
8. I robbed other churches by taking money from them to serve you.
9. Even when I was in need, I still didn't bother you. In fact, some of the Lord's followers from Macedonia brought me what I needed. I have not been a burden to you in the past, and I will never be a burden.
10. As surely as I speak the truth about Christ, no one in Achaia can stop me from boasting about this.
11. And it isn't because I don't love you. God himself knows how much I do love you.
12. I plan to go on doing just what I have always done. Then those people won't be able to boast about doing the same things we are doing.
13. Anyway, they are no more than false apostles and dishonest workers. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.
14. And it is no wonder. Even Satan tries to make himself look like an angel of light.
15. So why does it seem strange for Satan's servants to pretend to do what is right? Some day they will get exactly what they deserve.