2 Corinthians 12:14

Behold, I am ready to come to you this 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.

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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 in which ye were at disadvantage when compared with other churches, except that I myself was not a charge to you? Forgive me this wrong.

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:22The good man leaveth his substance to his children's children; But the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Ezekiel 34:2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

1 Corinthians 4:14I write not these things to shame you, but I am warning you as my beloved children.

1 Corinthians 10:24Let no one seek his own pleasure, but the good of others.

1 Corinthians 11:34If any one hunger, let him eat at home; that ye may not come together to 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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