^{13 Ref} For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is 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 your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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

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