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2 Corinthians 12:14-18
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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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  1. 12:15 Lit for your souls, or for your lives
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2 Corinthians 12:14-18
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14 Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you. For I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. 15 But I will spend and be expended most gladly for your lives. If I love you much more, am I to be loved less? 16 But let it be. I have not been a burden to you, but because I[a] was crafty, I took you by cunning. 17 I have not taken advantage of you through anyone whom I sent to you[b], have I?[c] 18 I urged Titus to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he?[d] Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit?[e] Did we not walk in the same footsteps?[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 12:16 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as causal
  2. 2 Corinthians 12:17 Literally “anyone whom I sent to you, through him”
  3. 2 Corinthians 12:17 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here
  4. 2 Corinthians 12:18 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here
  5. 2 Corinthians 12:18 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a positive answer here
  6. 2 Corinthians 12:18 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a positive answer here
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