<p>7:2 <i>Open your hearts to us</i>- The appeal to open their hearts (see on 6:11 and 6:13) was in order for them to get in touch with their own consciences, and realize that indeed, Paul had not wronged anyone. As noted on 5:11, Paul appealed for them to look at their consciences, to look within their hearts- for their, potentially, the Spirit of God was dwelling and active, if they would allow it to be. The allegations that Paul had wronged or abused others were untrue, and Paul baldly states as much.</p><p><i>We wronged no one- </i>The same word used by the Lord of Himself in the parable of Mt. 20:13: &quot;I did you no wrong&quot;. Consciously or unconsciously, Paul's thinking was saturated with the Gospels. Paul twice uses the term in Act 25:10,11 in insisting that he had done no wrong to the Jews; so again we sense that it was Judaists who were behind this false accusation.</p><p><i>We corrupted no one- </i>The word Paul uses about the Jewish false teachers corrupting the Corinthians (2 Cor. 11:3). Perhaps the emphasis is therefore upon the word &quot;we&quot;. Paul had not corrupted them- others had.</p><p><i>We took advantage of no one- </i>This sounds like the usual accusations against Christian leaders of seeking sexual or financial advantage. Paul uses it in a financial sense in 2 Cor. 12:17,18 and in a sexual sense in 1 Thess. 4:6. The 'Satan', the adversary, the Jewish opposition, did indeed get an advantage over the Corinthians (s.w. 2 Cor. 2:11). Paul is stressing that <i>he</i> had not done this; but others had.</p>