2 Corinthians 12:14
And now for the third time I am preparing to visit you. I will not be a burden to you, for I am not seeking yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
I am not writing this to shame you, but to admonish you, as my beloved children.
1 Corinthians 10:33
For so I also try to please all men in every way, not by seeking my own good, but the good of the many, that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 1:15
And in this confidence I intended to visit you, before going elsewhere, that you might have a pleasure twice over.
Acts 20:33
"No man's silver or gold of clothing did I ever covet.
1 Corinthians 4:19
But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord, and then I shall learn not the talk of these boasters, but their power.
1 Corinthians 10:24
Let not each one be always seeking his own, but rather his neighbor's good.
1 Corinthians 11:34
If any one is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings do not bring condemnation upon you. The other matters I will adjust when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:5
Now I shall come to you after I have gone through Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 13:1-2
This will be my third visit to you. Out of the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be confirmed.
Philippians 4:1
Stand fast then, brothers, dearly loved and longed for, my joy and my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved!
Philippians 4:17
It is not your gifts I am eager for, but I am eager for the abundant profit that accrues to your divine account.
1 Thessalonians 2:5-6
For as you well know, I never resorted to flattery, nor to any pretext for enriching myself. God is my witness!
1 Thessalonians 2:8
So in my fond affection it was my joy to give you, not only the gospel of God, but my very life also, because you had become dear to me.
1 Thessalonians 2:11
You know how I was wont to treat each of you as a father treats his children,
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
For what is my hope, or joy? What is the victor's wreath in which I exult? What but your own selves in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming!
1 Peter 5:2-4
Be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly, and not through compulsion; not for filthy lucre, but with a willing mind;