³³ just as ^(A)I try to please everyone in everything I do, ^(B)not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

⁵ or rude. It ^(A)does not insist on its own way; it ^(B)is not irritable or resentful;^[a]

²¹ For they all ^(A)seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

²³ I do it all for the sake of the gospel, ^(A)that I may share with them in its blessings.

¹⁴ Here ^(A)for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for ^(B)I seek not what is yours but you. For ^(C)children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but ^(D)parents for their children.

The Example of Christ

15 ^(A)We who are strong ^(B)have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.