^{13 Ref} 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.

^{14 Ref} Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

^{15 Ref} And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

^{16 Ref} But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.