2 Corinthians 12:13-19

NSB(i) 13 What is it in which you were inferior to other congregations, except that I was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong. 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you. I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. The children should not provide for the parents, but the parents for the children. 15 I will gladly spend and be spent for you. When I love you more abundantly should I be loved less. 16 Just the same, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you by cunning. 17 Did I gain you by any of them whom I sent to you? 18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus gain you? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same mental disposition? Did we not walk in the same steps? 19 Do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for you’re up building.