2 Corinthians 12:14-18

New International Version

¹⁴Now I am ready to visit you for the third time,^(A) and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents,^(B) but parents for their children.^(C) ¹⁵So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.^(D) If I love you more,^(E) will you love me less? ¹⁶Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you.^(F) Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery! ¹⁷Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent to you? ¹⁸I urged^(G) Titus^(H) to go to you and I sent our brother^(I) with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?

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2 Corinthians 12:14-18

New American Standard Bible

¹⁴Here ^(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 are not responsible to save up for their parents, but ^(F)parents for their children. ¹⁵I will ^(G)most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If ^(H)I love you more, am I to be loved less? ¹⁶But be that as it may, I ^(I)did not burden you myself; nevertheless, devious person that I am, I ^(J)took you in by deceit. ¹⁷^(K)Certainly I have not taken advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you, have I? ¹⁸I ^(L)urged ^(M)Titus to go, and I sent ^(N)the brother with him. Titus did not take any advantage of you, did he? Did we not ^[a]conduct ourselves ^[b]in the same ^(O)spirit and walk ^(P)in the same steps?