2 Corinthians 12:14

12:14 Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have ¹  to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

2 Corinthians 12:20

12:20 For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me ²  not what you wish. I am afraid that ³  somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, ⁴  slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

[12:14]  ¹ tn Grk “children ought not,” but this might give the impression that children are not supposed to support sick or aging parents in need of help. That is not what Paul is saying. His point is that children should not have to pay their parent’s way.

[12:20]  ² tn Grk “and I will be found by you.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation.

[12:20]  ³ tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text, but are needed for clarity.

[12:20]  ⁴ tn Or “intense anger, hostility.”