Why, then, is Paul boasting about bringing the Gospel to them without charge?

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He is destroying the ground from under the feet of the false teachers and apostles who had come to Corinth and who were attempting to belittle Paul in the eyes of the believers.

They were boasting of their own greatness and seeking to find fault with Paul.

In spite of all their boasting, it is evident they were not superior to Paul.

Paul is pointing out to the believers in Corinth that these self-proclaimed apostles not only are by no means greater than Paul, in spite of their clever speeches, but also are being supported by the Corinthians.

Paul, on the other hand, whose knowledge of Christ had been revealed to the saints in Corinth, never took any money from them.

He is showing the folly of the boasting of the false apostles, destroying their prestige in the eyes of the Corinthians.