2 Corinthians 12:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I will very gladly spend - I am willing to spend my strength, and time, and life, and all that I have, for your welfare, as a father cheerfully does for his children. Any expense which may be...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Retrospect of the Boasting. This paragraph is marked by rapid oscillation of feeling. Now that he has made and proved his claim, the same doubt seizes him as when he began ( 2 Corinthians 11:1 ; 2...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spend . Greek. dapanao. See Acts 21:24 . be spent . Greek. ekdapanao. Spend out, exhaust. Only her You . your souls (App-110.) love . Greek. agapao. App-136.
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. And I will most gladly spend This, certainly, was an evidence of a more than fatherly affection — that he was prepared to lay out in their behalf not merely his endeavors, and everything...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you - I will continue to act as a loving f...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will very gladly spend and be spent— "I will gladly exhaust my strength, and put myself to any expence too, for your salvation; though the consequence of all should be, that the more abundantly I...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. I will very gladly spend - all I have. Be spent - all that I am; more than e...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

His Privileges and Trials The Apostle unwillingly resumes his boasting and tells of a revelation he received from God; but returns again to dwell on his weaknesses, and especially on his bodily in...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And I will very gladly spend and be spent. — The pronoun is emphatic, I, for my part. The latter verb implies spending to the last farthing. As he sought not theirs, but them, so he is ready...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 27 NOT YOURS, BUT YOU. 2 Corinthians 12:11-21 (R.V) EXPOSITORS differ widely in characterising the three or four brief paragraphs into which this passage may be divided: (1) 2 Corint...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“I Seek not Yours, but You” 2 Corinthians 12:11-21 “The long burst of passionate self-vindication has now at last expended itself,” says Dean Stanley, and Paul returns to the point whence he di...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The boasting continues. However, it takes on a new and startling characteristic. In his apostleship there had been something supernatural, something not to be finally explained. Of this, he will glor...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will gladly spend ,.... Meaning all his time, talents, and strength, which God had bestowed upon him for their spiritual profit and advantage; yea, all that small pittance of worldly goods tha...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. Ver. 15. Spend and be spent ] If like clouds we do sweat ourselves to death, so soul...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, the third time I am ready That is, resolved; to come to you Having purposed it twice before, and been disappointed, 1 Corinthians 16:5 ; 2 Corinthians 1:15-16 . And I will not be burde...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

If in chapter 11 we have seen God's grace in sustaining the vessel through all adversity, Paul now speaks of the other side of this, the grace which gives unspeakable blessedness in being "caught up"...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Expostulations. A. D. 57. 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: fo...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; I am so far from desiring your money, that, if I had it, I would willingly spend it for you; and I do spend my strength for you, willing to die in...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Assures Them of His Care For Them ( 2 Corinthians 12:14-18 ). He declares that he intends shortly to visit them for a third time. But when he does he will again not be a burden on them. (This s...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES ( No break, except that of a new paragraph .) 2 Corinthians 12:1 .—Note reading; probably, as in R.V. Remember how full is Paul’s sense of “ expedient ” ( 1 Corinthians 6:12 ;...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 12:1 . It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. To disclosures of the divine pleasure, which cannot be known by any research...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The revelations vouchsafed to him ( 2 Corinthians 12:1-47 ). The counteracting "thorn in the flesh" ( 2 Corinthians 12:7-47 ). One more apology for glorying ( 2 Corinthians 12:11 , 2...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

What Paul Expects of the Corinthians. Their love should have commended him in his love for them:
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:8-18 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:8 ; 2 Corinthians 1:14 ; 2 Corinthians 1:6 ; 2 Corinthians 12:14 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; 2 Corinthians 2:3 ; 2 Corinthians 6:12 ; 2 Corinthians 6:13 ;...
2 Corinthians 12:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I will gladly spend — All I have. And be spent — Myself.

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 12:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 12:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes