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13 In what way were you⁺ inferior to the other churches {ekklēsias}, except that I was not a burden to you⁺? Forgive me this wrong! 14 See (Behold), I am ready to come to you⁺ a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your⁺ possessions, but you⁺. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. 15 And for the sake of your⁺ souls {psychōn}, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love {agapōn} you⁺ more, will you love me less? 16 Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you⁺; but crafty as I am, I caught you⁺ by trickery. 17 Did I exploit you⁺ by anyone I sent you⁺? 18 I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus (title of honor) exploit you⁺ in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit {Pneumati} and follow in the same footsteps \Did we not walk in the same Spirit? Not in the same footsteps?/? 19 Have you⁺ been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you⁺? We speak before God {Theou} in Christ (the Anointed One), and all of this, beloved {agapētoi}, is to build you⁺ up. 20 For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you⁺ as I wish, and you⁺ may not find me as you⁺ wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. 21 I am afraid that when I come again, my God {Theos} will humble me before you⁺, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity (uncleanness), sexual immorality {porneia}, and debauchery. 2 Corinthians 12:13-21, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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