2 Corinthians 12:14

14 Here I am, ready to come to you this third time. And I will not be a burden, because I do not want what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.

2 Corinthians 12:14 In-Context

12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, signs and wonders and mighty works.
13 How have you been worse off than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!
14 Here I am, ready to come to you this third time. And I will not be a burden, because I do not want what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.
15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
16 Let it be assumed that I did not burden you. Nevertheless (you say) since I was crafty, I took you in by deceit.
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