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2 Corinthians 12:13-18

King James Version (KJV)

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13. For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except [it be] that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. 14. Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: 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 will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. 16. But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. 17. Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? 18. I desired Titus, and with [him] I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? [walked we] not in the same steps?

2 Corinthians 12:13-18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 12:13

Theological / Devotional

Were inferior. The Corinthians had enjoyed all the advantages and benefits that a true apostle of Christ could bring them—teaching, preaching, miracles, letters, and help in organization—all without charge. In all these things his critics were wanting. They excelled Paul only in having taken the money of the Corinthians, and having boasted of their own prowess. He who had the most right to boast and to receive material compensation refused either to boast or to claim financial compensation.

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