2 Corinthians 12:14

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I shall refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.

Cross References

Acts 20:33

I have never coveted any one's gold or silver or clothing.

1 Corinthians 10:24

A man must not study his own interests, but the interests of others.

1 Corinthians 10:33

For I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 11:34

If a man is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment upon you. The other details I will settle when I come.

1 Corinthians 16:5

I will come to you as soon as I have been through Macedonia- -for I am going through Macedonia-

1 Corinthians 4:19

But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord; and then I shall find out, not what words these men use who are so puffed up, but what power they possess;

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others share in this right over you, do not we even more? Still we did not avail ourselves of this right. No, we endure anything rather than impede the progress of the Good News of the Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:18

What is my reward, then? To present the Good News free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.

1 Corinthians 9:19

Although I was entirely free, yet, to win as many converts as possible, I made myself everyone's slave.

2 Corinthians 1:15

With this conviction in my mind, I planned to come to see you first, so that your pleasure might be doubled--

2 Corinthians 11:9

And, when I was with you in need, I did not become a burden to any of you; for our Brothers, on coming from Macedonia, supplied my needs. I kept myself, and will keep myself from being an expense to you in any way.

2 Corinthians 12:13

In what respect, I ask, were you treated worse than the other Churches, unless it was that, for my part, I refused to become a burden to you? Forgive me the wrong I thus did you!

Galatians 4:19

You for whom I am again enduring a mother's pains, till a likeness to Christ shall have been formed in you.

Philippians 4:1

So then, my dear Brothers, whom I am longing to see--you who are my joy and my crown, stand fast in union with the Lord, dear friends.

Philippians 4:17

It is not that I am anxious for your gifts, but I am anxious to see the abundant return that will be placed to your account. I have enough of everything, and to spare.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;

1 Thessalonians 2:8

In our strong affection for you, that seemed to us the best way of sharing with you, not only God's Good news, but our very lives as well--so dear had you become to us.