2 CORINTHIANS 12:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome 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.”
Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children — Paul's *paternal* relationship to the Corinthians is now *explicit*: *hoi tékna* (children) do not save (*thēsaurizō*) for *parents* (*goneís*); rather, *parents* save for *children*. His *love* transcends *economic reciprocity*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 12:14
“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.” What he says is this; 'It is not because I do not receive of you that I do not come to you; nay, I have already come twice; and I am prepared to come this third time, “and I will not be a burden to you.”' And the reason is a noble one. For he did not say, 'because…
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