2 Corinthians 12:14

Lo! I hold myself ready the third time to come unto you, and I will not burden you; for I seek not yours but you: for the children ought not to lay up treasure for their parents, but the parents for the children.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 have been inferior to the other churches, except that I have not been burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

15And I will most cheerfully 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 children I admonish you.

1 Corinthians 10:24Let no man seek his own gratification, but every one another’s good.

1 Corinthians 11:34And if any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that ye meet not together for condemnation. And the other matters I will regulate 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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