I thoroughly enjoy the metaphor that children do not save up to spend on their parents because they have to. The proper way of things is for the parents to save and spend what they have on their children because they love them. If a child does not spend on their parent, the parent will not stop loving them, if a child DOES spend on their parent, it just makes them love them all the more.
In the same way, Paul gave his all to those who were younger christians than him.
It's also interesting that at the end he talks about how he will be humbled as well as the Corinthians. He's not saying that he's perfect, rather far from it. Yet he still loves them so much and wants to teach as much as he can. We don't need to be perfect to help others. We need to be humble. Humble...
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