2 Corinthians 12:14

Behold, this is the third time I have prepared to come to you, and yet I will not be a burden to you. For I am seeking not the things that are yours, but you yourselves. And neither should the children store up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13For what is there that you have had which is less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injury.

15And so, very willingly, I will spend and exhaust myself for the sake of your souls, loving you more, while being loved less.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:14And Rachel and Leah responded: “Have we anything left behind among the resources and inheritance of our father’s house?

Proverbs 13:22The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.

Ezekiel 34:2“Son of man, prophesy about the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and you shall say to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds?

1 Corinthians 4:14I am not writing these things in order to confound you, but in order to admonish you, as my dearest sons.

1 Corinthians 10:24Let no one seek for himself, but for others.

1 Corinthians 11:34If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you may not assemble together unto judgment. As for the rest, I will set it in order when I arrive.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 12:12-21

Paul's Expostulations. ( a. d. 57.) 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 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;… Read the whole commentary →

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