2 Corinthians 12:13-20

13 How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

14 Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?

16 Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!

17 Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent you?

18 I urged Titus to go to you and I sent our brother with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not act in the same spirit and follow the same course?

19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends, is for your strengthening.

20 For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.

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Cross References for 2 Corinthians 12:13-20

2 Corinthians 12:14 - Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what... Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 12:14 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 12:14

Nehemiah 5:15 - But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 5:15 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 5:15

Acts 20:35 - In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembe... Click to read the verse Acts 20:35 Click to read the verse Acts 20:35

Acts 18:3 - and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. Click to read the verse Acts 18:3 Click to read the verse Acts 18:3

1 Corinthians 1:7 - Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to b... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 1:7 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 1:7

1 Corinthians 9:12 - If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did no... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 9:12 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 9:12

Romans 12:3 - For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than ... Click to read the verse Romans 12:3 Click to read the verse Romans 12:3

Numbers 18:31 - You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at ... Click to read the verse Numbers 18:31 Click to read the verse Numbers 18:31

1 Corinthians 9:6 - Or is it only I and Barnabas who must work for a living? Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 9:6 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 9:6

2 Corinthians 12:16 - Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you ... Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 12:16 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 12:16

3 John 1:7 - It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans. Click to read the verse 3 John 1:7 Click to read the verse 3 John 1:7

2 Corinthians 11:7 - Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to y... Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:7 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:7

2 Corinthians 11:7-9 - Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to y... Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:7-9 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:7-9

1 Corinthians 9:15-18 - But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 9:15-18 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 9:15-18