2 Corinthians 12:15
“And I wil very gladly spend and bee spent for you, though the more abundantly I loue you, the lesse I bee loued.”
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2 Corinthians 12:15 Context
13For what is it wherein yee were inferior to other Churches, except it bee that I my selfe was not burthensome to you? forgiue me this wrong. 14Behold, the third time I am readie to come to you, and I will not bee burthensome to you; for I seeke not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay vp for the parents, but the parents for the children. 15And I wil very gladly spend and bee spent for you, though the more abundantly I loue you, the lesse I bee loued. 16But be it so: I did not burthen you: neuerthelesse beeing craftie, I caught you with guile. 17Did I make a gaine of you by any of them, whom I sent vnto you?
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Other Translations for 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.
- King James Version
I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?
- Basic English Bible
Now *I* shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.
- Darby Bible
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
- Webster's Bible
And as for me, most gladly will I spend all I have and be utterly spent for your salvation.
- Weymouth Bible
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
- World English Bible
For Y schal yyue moost wilfuli, and Y my silf schal be youun aboue for youre soulis; thouy Y more loue you, and be lesse louyd.
- Wycliffe Bible
and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Corinthians 12:15
12:15 I will gladly spend - All I have. And be spent - Myself.
People's Bible Notes for 2 Corinthians 12:15
2Co 12:15 I will very gladly spend and be spent for you. As a loving father, he will gladly spend and be spent for them; even without the return of his love.