2 Corinthians 12:12–21

12 The signs v of an apostle w were performed with great endurance among you—not only signs but also wonders x and miracles. y 13 So in what way were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I personally did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

14 Now I am ready to come to you this third time. z I will not burden you, for I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. 15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. a b If I love you more, am I to be loved less? 16 Now granted, I have not burdened c you; yet sly as I am, I took you in by deceit! d 17 Did I take advantage of you by anyone I sent you? 18 I urged Titus e to come, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Didn’t we * walk in the same spirit f and in the same footsteps?

19 You have thought all along that we were defending ourselves to you. g No, in the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything, dear friends, is for building you up. h 20 For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; i there may be quarreling, j jealousy, k outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, l slander, m gossip, arrogance, and disorder. n 21 I fear that when I come my God will again o humiliate me in your presence, and I will grieve for many who sinned before and have not repented p of the moral impurity, sexual immorality, q and promiscuity r they practiced.