2 Corinthians 12:15 KJV — MannaFest

2 Corinthians 12:15

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

KJV

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ASV

And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

WEB

And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

YLT

and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.

DBT

Now I shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.

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2 Corinthians — Paul's most personal letter. A defense of gospel ministry under pressure — comfort and conflict, giving and glory, weakness and power — with the tone shifting markedly at chapter 10.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55–56, from Macedonia

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2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
1 Thessalonians 2:8
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
2 Corinthians 1:6
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
Philippians 2:17
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

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); that is, he was willing to take pains and to suffer loss for their good. He would spend his time, his parts, his strength, his interest, his all, to do them service; nay, so spend as to be spent, and be like a candle, which consumes itself to give light to others.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This is applicable to other relations: if others be wanting in their duty to us it does not follow therefore that we may neglect our duty to them. He was careful not only that he himself should not be burdensome, but that none he employed should.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

I will . . . spend--all I have. be spent--all that I am. This is more than even natural parents do. They "lay up treasures for their children." But I spend not merely my treasures, but myself. for you--Greek, "for your souls"; not for your mere bodies. the less I be loved--Love rather descends than ascends [BENGEL].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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2CO 12:15COL 1:24 ROM 5:3
2CO 12:15COL 1:24 2TI 1:8
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2CO 12:15COL 1:24 2TI 2:9-10
2CO 12:15COL 1:24 PHP 3:10
2CO 12:15PHP 2:17 2TI 4:6
2CO 12:151TH 2:8 1JN 3:16
2CO 12:152TI 2:10 1PE 5:10

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