^{11 Ref} I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

^{12 Ref} Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.

^{13 Ref} 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.

^{14 Ref} Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

^{15 Ref} And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?