2 Corinthians 12:14-18

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁴ I’m ready to visit you for a third time, and I won’t bother you for help. I don’t want your possessions. Instead, I want you. Children shouldn’t have to provide for their parents, but parents should provide for their children. ¹⁵ I will be very glad to spend whatever I have. I’ll even give myself for you. Do you love me less because I love you so much?

¹⁶ You agree, then, that I haven’t been a burden to you. Was I a clever person who trapped you by some trick? ¹⁷ Did I take advantage of you through any of the men I sent you? ¹⁸ I encouraged Titus to visit you, and I sent my friend with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Didn’t we have the same motives and do things the same way?