2 Corinthians 12:15 KJV
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Thou and Ye
- you more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- Self-sacrifice (3)Link 7 of 9 · next 2 Timothy 2:10
- Brotherly Love (3)Link 4 of 6 · next Philippians 1:8
- Integrity (2)See the chain from Numbers 16:15 · 9 links
- TitusSee the chain from 2 Corinthians 2:13 · 4 links
- Saints' StepsSee the chain from Job 14:16 · 5 links
- Appeal to GodSee the chain from Genesis 31:50 · 6 links
- EdificationLast of 7 links
- Ingratitude (2)See the chain from Genesis 40:23 · 9 links
Cross References
- 1 Thessalonians 2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
- Philippians 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
- 2 Corinthians 1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
- Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
- 2 Corinthians 2:3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
- 2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
- 2 Samuel 13:39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
- 2 Samuel 17:1–4 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: …
- 2 Samuel 18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
- John 10:10–11 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. …
- 1 Corinthians 4:8–18 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. …
- 2 Corinthians 1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 6:12–13 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. …
- 2 Corinthians 7:3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
- 2 Corinthians 12:14 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.
- Galatians 4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
- Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
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Topics
- Love Exemplification of the love of man for man
- Minister, Christian Duties of
- Zeal, religious Exemplified by Paul
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 60 · The Second Epistle to the Corinthians
Greek and Strong’s
- And δὲ de δέ Conjunction
- I Ἐγὼ Egō ἐγώ Pronoun · first person, nominative singular
- will very gladly ἥδιστα hēdista ἥδιστα Adverb
- spend δαπανήσω dapanēsō δαπανάω Verb · future active indicative, first person singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- be spent ἐκδαπανηθήσομαι ekdapanēthēsomai ἐκδαπανάω Verb · future passive indicative, first person singular
- for ὑπὲρ hyper ὑπέρ Preposition
- you τῶν tōn Article · genitive feminine plural ψυχῶν psychōn ψυχή Noun · genitive feminine plural ὑμῶν hymōn Pronoun · second person, genitive plural ὑμῶν hymōn
- though εἰ ei Conjunction καὶ kai Adverb εἰ καί ei kaí
- the more abundantly περισσοτέρως perissoterōs περισσοτέρως Adverb
- I love ἀγαπῶν agapōn ἀγαπάω Verb · present active participle, nominative masculine singular
- you ὑμᾶς hymas Pronoun · second person, accusative plural ὑμᾶς hymâs
- the less ἧττον hētton Adverb ἥττον hḗtton
- I be loved ἀγαπῶμαι agapōmai ἀγαπάω Verb · present passive indicative, first person singular
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