2 Corinthians 12:16
“But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.”
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.
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
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?
Related Verses
“Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?”
“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.”
“I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.”
“But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.”
“Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”