2 Corinthians 12:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Corinthians 12:15 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Corinthians 12:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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 — World English Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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 — American Standard Version

2 Corinthians 12:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Corinthians 12:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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 — Darby Translation

2 Corinthians 12:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And I will most gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your soules: though the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued.”

2 Corinthians 12:15 — Geneva Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 in Context — 2 Corinthians 12

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; 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.

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

16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?

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What Does 2 Corinthians 12:15 Mean?

2 Corinthians 12:15 is a verse from the Book of 2 Corinthians, part of the New Testament. It appears in 2 Corinthians chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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