2Cor 12:13 Cross References

2 Corinthians 12:13

13: The only thing I didn't do, which I do in the other churches, was to become a burden to you. Please forgive me for this wrong!

1 Corinthians 9:12

  1. If you support others who preach to you, shouldn't we have an even greater right to be supported? Yet we have never used this right. We would rather put up with anything than put an obstacle in the way of the Good News about Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:6

  1. Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to work to support ourselves?

1 Corinthians 9:15

  1. Yet I have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that I would like to start now. In fact, I would rather die than lose my distinction of preaching without charge.
  2. For preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn't do it!
  3. If I were doing this of my own free will, then I would deserve payment. But God has chosen me and given me this sacred trust, and I have no choice.
  4. What then is my pay? It is the satisfaction I get from preaching the Good News without expense to anyone, never demanding my rights as a preacher.

2 Corinthians 11:7

  1. Did I do wrong when I humbled myself and honored you by preaching God's Good News to you without expecting anything in return?
  2. I "robbed" other churches by accepting their contributions so I could serve you at no cost.
  3. And when I was with you and didn't have enough to live on, I did not ask you to help me. For the brothers who came from Macedonia brought me another gift. I have never yet asked you for any support, and I never will.

2 Corinthians 12:14

  1. Now I am coming to you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you. I don't want what you have; I want you. And anyway, little children don't pay for their parents' food. It's the other way around; parents supply food for their children.
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