2 Corinthians 12:13

ἡσσώθητε (אBD), after the analogy of ἐλασσόω, rather than ἡττήθητε (א3AD2D3KLP), from ἡττάω.

13. The Corinthians had had the distinction of these miracles and supernatural gifts; and in nothing had any Church been more honoured. In nothing,—with one possible exception: he had never taken from them either maintenance or reward. Yet this very thing, which ought to have earned their gratitude, had been urged against him as a reproach. So he sarcastically, or perhaps playfully, states this exceptional benefit to them as if it were an injury, and asks their forgiveness for it.

τὶ γάρ ἐστιν …; For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the Churches, except it be that I myself was not a burden (see on 2 Corinthians 11:9) to you? Forgive me this wrong. Note that in this letter there is no mention of the Church as a whole: except 2 Corinthians 1:1, ἐκκλησία̇ is always in the plural (2 Corinthians 8:1; 2 Corinthians 8:18-19; 2 Corinthians 8:23-24; 2 Corinthians 11:8; 2 Corinthians 11:28), and the Churches are local Churches. In 2 Corinthians 1:1 ‘the Church of God’ is expressly limited to Corinth. Here, as in 2 Corinthians 11:8, the mention of other Churches shows that he is addressing the Corinthian Church as a whole, and not a mere party in it. The αὐτὸς ἐγώ (comp. 2 Corinthians 10:1) perhaps implies that his colleagues did not all refuse maintenance. For ὑπέρ = ‘beyond’ after words implying comparison comp. Galatians 1:14; Luke 16:8; Hebrews 4:12; Sir 30:17. On ἡσσώθητε see critical note and WH. App. p. 166: comp. Hdt. 7:146. 2, 8:75, 1. For χαρίσασθε comp. 2 Corinthians 2:10; Colossians 2:13.