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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.
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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.
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I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
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But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.
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Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you?
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I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn`t we walk in the same spirit? Didn`t we walk in the same steps?