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2 Corinthians 12:14-16
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Corinthians 12:14-16
1599 Geneva Bible
14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come unto you, and yet will I not be slothful to your hindrance: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the fathers, but the fathers for the children.
15 And I will most gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your souls: though the more I love you, the less I am loved.
16 [a]But be it that I charged you not: yet for as much as I was crafty, I took you with guile.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:16 He putteth away another most grievous slander, to wit, that he did subtly and by others, make his gain and profit of them.
2 Corinthians 12:14-16
New International Version
2 Corinthians 12:14-16
New International Version
14 Now I am ready to visit you for the third time,(A) and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents,(B) but parents for their children.(C) 15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.(D) If I love you more,(E) will you love me less? 16 Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you.(F) Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!
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