2 Corinthians 12:14

Behold, I am ready to come to you the third time; and I will not be a charge 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.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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, wherein ye were inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a charge to you? Forgive me this wrong.

15And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I admonish you.

1 Corinthians 10:24Let no one seek his own, but his neighbor's good.

1 Corinthians 11:34If any one is hungry, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

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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