2 Corinthians 12:13-19 For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies,––save that, I myself, would not allow myself to be a burden unto you? Forgive me this wrong!

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies,––save that, I myself, would not allow myself to be a burden unto you? Forgive me this wrong! ¹⁴ Lo! this third time, I am holding myself, in readiness, to come unto you, and I will not allow myself to be a burden; for I seek not yours, but you; ––for, the children, ought not to lay up, for the parents, but the parents for the children; –– ¹⁵ And, I, most gladly, will spend, and be fully spent, for your souls:––If I, exceedingly, love you, am I, the less, loved? ¹⁶ But let it be!––I, myself, did not burden you,––Notwithstanding, being crafty, with guile, I caught you? ¹⁷ Was there, anyone of those whom I have sent unto you, through whom I have overreached you? ¹⁸ I exhorted Titus, and sent with him the brother,––Did, Titus, overreach you? Was it not, in the same spirit, we walked? Was it not, in the same steps? ¹⁹ All this time, think ye, that, unto you, we are making a defence? Before God in Christ, we speak; ––but all these things, beloved, for your upbuilding.