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.”
2 Corinthians 12:15 in 7 translations
- KJVKing 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.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls; although loving you more, I be loved less.
- ASVAmerican 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?
- DARBYDarby
- Now I shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.
- WEBThe 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?
- YLTYoung's 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.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- I will gladly spend and be spent for you; although the more I love you, the less I am loved.
Context: 2 Corinthians 12
13For 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.
14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome 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.
15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
About 2 Corinthians 12: The Vision of Paradise
Paul shares about a vision he had of paradise and the thorn in his flesh.
Commentary
In 2 Corinthians 12, the Apostle Paul is continuing his discussion of his own experiences and revelations. He begins by recounting a vision he had of being taken up to the third heaven, where he heard inexpressible things that he was not allowed to speak of. He then goes on to explain that he was given a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to keep him from becoming too proud. He pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away, but the Lord told him that His grace was sufficient for him.