2 Corinthians 12:13-19 Where were you inferior to the rest of the churches? — unless in this, that your apostle did not choose to make himself a burden to you. Pray pardon me this terrible wrong!

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ Where were you inferior to the rest of the churches? — unless in this, that your apostle did not choose to make himself a burden to you. Pray pardon me this terrible wrong! ¹⁴ Here am I all ready to pay you my third visit. And I will not be a burden to you; I want yourselves and not your money. Children have not to put money by for their parents; that is what parents do for their children. ¹⁵ And for your souls I will gladly spend my all and be spent myself. Am I to be loved the less because I love you more than others? ¹⁶ But let that pass, you say; I was not a burden to you, no, but I was clever enough to dupe you with my tricks? Was I? ¹⁷ Did I make something out of you by any of my messengers? ¹⁸ I asked Titus to go, and with him I sent our brother. Titus did not make anything out of you, did he? And did not I act in the same spirit as he did? Did I not take the very same steps? ¹⁹ You think all this time I am defending myself to you? No, I am speaking in Christ before the presence of God, and speaking every word, beloved, in order to build you up.