¹⁶ But he said, ^(A)“As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, ^(B)I will receive nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

²⁶ Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? Is it ^(A)time to receive money and to receive clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male and female servants?

Gehazi’s Greed

²⁰ But ^(A)Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, while not receiving from his hands what he brought; but as the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”

¹⁴ And Elisha said, ^(A)“As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you, nor see you.

¹⁷ Then Daniel answered, and said before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

Elijah Proclaims a Drought

17 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the ^(A)inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, ^(B)“As the Lord God of Israel lives, ^(C)before whom I stand, ^(D)there shall not be dew nor rain ^(E)these years, except at my word.”

²² But Abram ^(A)said to the king of Sodom, “I ^(B)have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, ^(C)the Possessor of heaven and earth, ²³ that ^(D)I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’—

Love for the Church

^14 (A)Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for ^(B)I do not seek yours, but you. ^(C)For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

⁹ And when I was present with you, and in need, ^(A)I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked ^(B)the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself. ^10 (C)As the truth of Christ is in me, ^(D)no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

^32 (A)Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God, ³³ just ^(B)as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.