2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more I love you, the less I am loved.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16But be it so; I at least was not a charge to you; but yet, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
Cross References
John 10:10The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I came that they might have life, and have abundance.
2 Corinthians 1:6And 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,
2 Corinthians 2:3And 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 6:12Ye have not a narrow place in my heart, but ye have a narrow place for me in yours.
2 Corinthians 12:9and 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.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 12:12-21
Paul's Expostulations. ( a. d. 57.) 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you;… Read the whole commentary →