2 Corinthians 12:14-16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴ Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burthensome unto you. For I seek not the things that are yours, but you. For neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

¹⁵ But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls; although loving you more, I be loved less.

¹⁶ But be it so: I did not burthen you: but being crafty, I caught you by guile.