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2 Corinthians 12:13-18
New International Version
2 Corinthians 12:13-18
New International Version
13 How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you?(A) Forgive me this wrong!(B)
14 Now I am ready to visit you for the third time,(C) 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,(D) but parents for their children.(E) 15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.(F) If I love you more,(G) will you love me less? 16 Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you.(H) Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery! 17 Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent to you? 18 I urged(I) Titus(J) to go to you and I sent our brother(K) with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?
2 Corinthians 12:13-18
King James Version
2 Corinthians 12:13-18
King James Version
13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
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2 Corinthians 12:13-18
English Standard Version
2 Corinthians 12:13-18
English Standard Version
13 For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that (A)I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!
14 Here (B)for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for (C)I seek not what is yours but you. For (D)children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but (E)parents for their children. 15 (F)I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If (G)I love you more, am I to be loved less? 16 But granting that (H)I myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit. 17 Did I take advantage of you (I)through any of those whom I sent to you? 18 (J)I urged Titus to go, and sent (K)the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?
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