You and your families can eat all that is left. This is your payment for the work you do in the Meeting Tent. [249]
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Easy To Read Version So you received everything that the other churches have received. Only one thing was different: I was not a burden to you. Forgive me for this! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For in what respect were you put to a disadvantage in comparison with the rest of the churches, unless [it was for the fact] that I myself did not burden you [with my financial support]? Pardon me [for doing you] this injustice! American Standard Version (1901) For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except it be that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong. Common English Bible How were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself wasn’t a financial burden on you? Forgive me for this wrong! Catholic Public Domain Version For what is there that you have had which is less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injury. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For what is there that you have had less than the other churches, but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury. |
You and your families can eat all that is left. This is your payment for the work you do in the Meeting Tent. [249]
They were tentmakers, the same as Paul. So Paul stayed with them and worked with them.
When you sin against your brothers and sisters in Christ like this and you hurt them by causing them to do things they feel are wrong, then you are also sinning against Christ.
And are Barnabas and I the only ones that must work to earn our living?
I am now ready to visit you the third time. And I will not be a burden to you. I don’t want any of the things you own. I only want you. Children should not have to save things to give to their parents. Parents should save to give to their children.