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2 Corinthians 12:15

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Amplified Bible

But I will most gladly spend [myself] and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you exceedingly, am I to be loved [by you] the less?

2 Corinthians 12:15 - 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?

2 Corinthians 12:15 - 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?

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Darby 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.

2 Corinthians 12:15 - English Standard Version

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

2 Corinthians 12:15 - 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.

2 Corinthians 12:15 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y yo muy gustosamente gastaré lo mìo, y aun yo mismo me gastaré por vuestras almas. Si os amo más, ¿seré amado menos?

2 Corinthians 12:15 - The Message

2 Corinthians 12:15 - New American Standard Bible

I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Y yo con mucho gusto gastaré lo mìo, y aun yo mismo me gastaré por sus almas. Si los amo más, ¿seré amado menos?

2 Corinthians 12:15 - 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?

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Young's Living Translation

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

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Additional Comments

Wow, Paul loved them so much, he was willing to tell them the truth, even if it hurt, even if it gave them negative feelings towards Paul. Wow, Paul was a brave man. He conquered fears of bodily harm, but equally has painful, fears of social harm, in doing what is right.
See notes on Prov 27:6.

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