2 Corinthians 12:13-14

Concern for the Corinthian Church

13 For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that u I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

14 Here v for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for w I seek not what is yours but you. For x children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but y parents for their children.

  1. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 9:12
    If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
    Acts 20:33
    I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
  2. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 13:1
    This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
    2 Corinthians 1:15
    Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second experience of grace.
    2 Corinthians 13:2
    I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them -
  3. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 10:24
    Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
    1 Corinthians 10:33
    Just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
  4. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 4:14 - 15
    I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
  5. Cross References
    Proverbs 19:14
    House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
    Ezekiel 34:2
    Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God : Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
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