"And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved."
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And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
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!
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.
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.
As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
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.
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?
Now *I* shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.
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; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.