Verse | Translation | Text |
2Co 12:15 | King James | And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
I will . . . spend--all I have. be spent--all that I am. This is more than even natural parents do. They "lay up treasures for their children." But I spend not merely my treasures, but myself. for you--Greek, "for your souls"; not for your mere bodies. the less I be loved--Love rather descends than ascends [BENGEL]. Love him as a true friend who seeks your good more than your good will. |