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2 Corinthians 12:14

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Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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2 Corinthians 12:14 in other translations

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

2 Corinthians 12:14 · American Standard Version

2 Corinthians 12:14 in context

  1. 12Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty works.
  2. 13For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.
  3. 14Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
  4. 15I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
  5. 16Even so, I myself didn’t burden you. “But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.”

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