2 Corinthians 12:13-19 For is there anything in which you were discomfited above the rest of the ecclesias, except that I myself am not an encumbrance to you? Deal graciously with me for this injustice! "

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ For is there anything in which you were discomfited above the rest of the ecclesias, except that I myself am not an encumbrance to you? Deal graciously with me for this injustice! " ¹⁴ Lo! this third time I hold myself ready to come to you and I shall not be an encumberance, for I am not seeking yours but you. For the children ought not to be hoarding for the parents, but the parents for the children. " ¹⁵ Yet with the greatest relish shall I spend and be bankrupted for the sake of your souls, even if loving you more exceedingly diminishes your love for me. " ¹⁶ Now, let be, I do not overburden you, but, being inherently crafty, I got you by guile! " ¹⁷ Did not anyone of those whom I have dispatched to you? Through him do I overreach you? ¹⁸ I entreat Titus, and dispatch together with him a brother. Does Titus not overreach you? Walk we not in the same spirit? Not in the same footprints? " ¹⁹ Again, you are presuming that we are defending ourselves to you. Facing God, in Christ, are we speaking, yet all, beloved, for the sake of your edification. "