John Chrysostom

"Behold this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children." What he says is this; 'It is not because I do not receive of you that I do not come to you; nay, I have already come twice; and I am prepared to come this third time, "and I will not be a burden to you."' And the reason is a noble one. …

Homily 27 on 2 Corinthians ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

Lest it seem that he constantly displays his disinterestedness as though intending to accept something later, he therefore says: it is not because I take nothing that I do not come to you; I have already been to you a second time, I am already preparing to set out a third time, and I will not burden you. Why? Not because you are afraid, and not because you are weak, but because "I seek not yours, but you," that is, your salvation and your souls, not your possessions. …

Commentary on 2 Corinthians ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Here he shows that he is worthy of commendation in regard to good things he intends to do. He does three things. First, he states his resolution concerning the future good he intends to do; secondly, he assigns the reason for this resolution (v. 14c); thirdly, he applies a likeness to his reason (v. 14d). …

Commentary on 2 Corinthians ↗