2 Corinthians 12:14-18
Christian Standard Bible
Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
14 Look, I am ready to come to you this third time.(A) I will not burden you, since I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children ought not save up for their parents, but parents for their children. 15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for you.[a](B) If I love you more, am I to be loved less? 16 Now granted, I did not burden(C) you; yet sly as I am, I took you in by deceit!(D) 17 Did I take advantage of you by any of those I sent you? 18 I urged Titus(E) to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus didn’t take advantage of you, did he? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit(F) and in the same footsteps?
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- 12:15 Lit for your souls, or for your lives
2 Corinthians 12:14-18
Common English Bible
Paul’s plans to visit and a warning
14 Look, I’m ready to visit you a third time, and I won’t be a burden on you. I don’t want your things; I want you. It isn’t the children’s responsibility to save up for their parents but parents for children. 15 I will very gladly spend and be spent for your sake. If I love you more, will you love me less?
16 We all know that I didn’t place a burden on you, but in spite of that you think I’m a con artist who fooled you with a trick. 17 I haven’t taken advantage of you through any of the people I sent to you, have I? 18 I strongly encouraged Titus to go to you and sent the brother with him. Titus didn’t take advantage of you, did he? Didn’t we live by the same Spirit? Didn’t we walk in the same footsteps?
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