Parallel Verses
Noyes New Testament
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more I love you, the less I am loved.
New American Standard Bible
I will
King James Version
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Holman Bible
I will most gladly spend and be spent for you.
International Standard Version
I will be very glad to spend my money and myself for you. Do you love me less because I love you so much?
A Conservative Version
And I most gladly will spend, and will be spent for your souls. Even though more earnestly loving you, the worse I am loved.
American Standard Version
And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
Amplified
But I will very gladly spend [my own resources] and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you greatly, am I to be loved less [by you]?
An Understandable Version
So, I will most gladly spend [all I have], and [even] spend myself for the sake of your souls. If I love you so much, should you love me less [than that]?
Anderson New Testament
I, indeed, will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Bible in Basic English
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?
Common New Testament
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?
Daniel Mace New Testament
I shall be glad to sacrifice myself and all I have for your service, even tho' it should happen that the more I love you, the less I should be beloved.
Darby Translation
Now I shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.
Godbey New Testament
But I will most delightfully spend and be spent for your souls. If the more abundantly I love you am I loved the less?
Goodspeed New Testament
And I will be glad to spend all I have and all I am for your sake. Are you going to love me the less for loving you so intensely?
John Wesley New Testament
And I will most gladly spend, and be spent for your souls, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
Julia Smith Translation
And I very willingly will expend and be expended for your souls; if also loving you more abundantly, the less I should be loved.
King James 2000
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But I will spend and be expended most gladly for your lives. If I love you much more, am I to be loved less?
Modern King James verseion
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls, even if loving you more and more, I am loved the less.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will very gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your souls: though the more I love you, the less I am loved again.
Moffatt New Testament
And for your souls I will gladly spend my all and be spent myself. Am I to be loved the less because I love you more than others?
Montgomery New Testament
For my part, I will most gladly spend, yea, and will myself be spent, for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved the less?
NET Bible
Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
New Heart English Bible
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
Sawyer New Testament
And I most gladly will spend and will be spent for your souls, even if the more abundantly I love you the less I am loved.
The Emphasized Bible
And, I, most gladly, will spend, and be fully spent, for your souls: - If I, exceedingly, love you, am I, the less, loved?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And I will most cheerfully spend and be spent for your souls, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For my part, I will most gladly spend, and be spent, for your welfare. Can it be that the more intensely I love you the less I am to be loved?
Webster
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
Weymouth New Testament
And as for me, most gladly will I spend all I have and be utterly spent for your salvation.
Williams New Testament
So in my own case, I will most happily spend my money and myself for your sakes. If I love you much more than I love others, am I to be loved less by you?
World English Bible
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
Worrell New Testament
And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved the less?
Worsley New Testament
And I will with the greatest pleasure spend and be spent for your souls; even though the more I love you, the less I should be loved.
Youngs Literal Translation
and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.
Themes
Brotherly love » Special teachings concerning » Examples of
Ingratitude » Should be met with » Persevering love
Love » Love, brotherly special teachings concerning » Examples of
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Devotionals
Devotionals about 2 Corinthians 12:15
References
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 12:15
Prayers for 2 Corinthians 12:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul's Concern For The Christians At Corinth
14 Behold, I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a charge 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. 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more I love you, the less I am loved. 16 But be it so; I at least was not a charge to you; but yet, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
Phrases
Cross References
Philippians 2:17
But if I am even poured out on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
1 Thessalonians 2:8
so having a strong affection for you, we were willing to impart to you, not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls, because ye became dear to us.
2 Corinthians 1:6
And whether we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation, which showeth its power in enabling you to bear patiently the same sufferings which we also endure; and our hope is steadfast in your behalf; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation,
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf of his body, which is the church;
2 Timothy 2:10
For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with everlasting glory.
John 10:10-11
The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I came that they might have life, and have abundance.
1 Corinthians 4:8-18
Already ye are full; already ye are rich; without us ye have become kings; and I would indeed ye were kings, that we also might reign with you.
2 Corinthians 1:14
as also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your glorying, as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote about this very matter, that I might not on my coming have sorrow from those who ought to gladden me, having confidence in all of you, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 6:12-13
Ye have not a narrow place in my heart, but ye have a narrow place for me in yours.
2 Corinthians 7:3
I am not saying this to condemn you; for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die with you and to live with you.
2 Corinthians 12:9
and he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ may abide upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:14
Behold, I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a charge 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.
Galatians 4:10
Do ye observe days, and months, and times, and years?
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.