13. For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except it be that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.
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.
15. And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
16. But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17. Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you?