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2 Corinthians 12:14-18
Legacy Standard Bible

14 Here (A)for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I (B)will not be a burden to you; for I (C)do not seek what is yours, but (D)you. For (E)children ought not to save up for their parents, but (F)parents for their children. 15 So I will (G)most gladly spend and be fully spent for your souls. If (H)I love you more, am I to be loved less? 16 But be that as it may, I (I)did not burden you myself. Nevertheless, crafty fellow that I am, I (J)took you in by deceit. 17 (K)Have I taken advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you? 18 I (L)encouraged (M)Titus to go, and I sent (N)the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Did we not walk [a]in the same (O)spirit—(P)in the very same steps?

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  1. 2 Corinthians 12:18 Or by the same Spirit
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2 Corinthians 12:14-18
Lexham English Bible

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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  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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