2 Corinthians 12:15-19 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls, even if loving you more and more, I am loved the less.

MKJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls, even if loving you more and more, I am loved the less. ¹⁶ But let it be so, I did not burden you. But being crafty, I caught you with bait. ¹⁷ By any whom I have sent to you, did I overreach you by him? ¹⁸ I begged Titus and sent with him the brother. Did Titus overreach you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps? ¹⁹ Again, do you think we are defending ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ, but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your building up.