2 Corinthians 12:11-15

New King James Version

Signs of an Apostle

¹¹ I have become ^(A)a fool ^[a]in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for ^(B)in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though ^(C)I am nothing. ^12 (D)Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and ^(E)wonders and mighty ^(F)deeds. ¹³ For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong!

Love for the Church

^14 (G)Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for ^(H)I do not seek yours, but you. ^(I)For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ And I will very gladly spend and be spent ^(J)for your souls; though ^(K)the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.