¹⁴ I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

¹¹ Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,

¹⁵ For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

⁴ I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

¹⁴ And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.

²⁸ Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;

¹⁹ It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

¹⁴ This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.

¹⁵ And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

¹¹ Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.

³ It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

¹¹ Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is wide.

¹² It is not our feelings to you which are narrow, but yours to us.

¹³ Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.

³⁴ Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

¹⁵ But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

⁵ I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

³¹ So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

²¹ But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.