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2 Corinthians 12:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 15 For my part, I will most gladly spend and be completely spent for you.*+ If I love you so much more, am I to be loved the less?

2 Corinthians 12:15

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 15 ἐγὼ I δὲ but ἥδιστα most gladly δαπανήσω I shall spend καὶ and ἐκδαπανηθήσομαι I shall be completely spent ὑπὲρ over τῶν the ψυχῶν souls ὑμῶν. of YOU. εἰ If περισσοτέρως more abundantly ὑμᾶς YOU ἀγαπῶ, I am loving, ἧσσον less ἀγαπῶμαι; am I being loved?

2 Corinthians 12:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 15 For my part I will most gladly spend and be completely spent for YOUR souls.+ If I love YOU the more abundantly, am I to be loved the less?

2 Corinthians 12:15

The Bible in Living English
- 15 * And I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I specially love you am I less loved?—

2 Corinthians 12:15

American Standard Version
- 15 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

The Emphasized Bible
- 15 And I most gladly will spend and be fully spent for your souls:—If I exceedingly love you am I the less loved?

2 Corinthians 12:15

King James Version
- 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

Research Guide
- 12:15
  
  We Are Glad to Expend Ourselves in Jehovah’s Service!
  
  km 6/07 p. 1
  
  Why Be Self-Sacrificing?
  
  w00 9/15 pp. 22-23
  
  Serve God With a Willing Spirit
  
  w00 11/15 p. 21

2 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 12:15
  
  spent for you: Or “spent for your souls.” Here “you” is rendered from the Greek “the souls of you [plural].” In this context, the Greek word psy·kheʹ, traditionally rendered “soul,” refers to the people, so the expression is rendered by the pronoun “you.”—See Glossary, “Soul.”