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2 Corinthians 12:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So I will gladly give all that I have and all that I am. Will you love me less for loving you too much?

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David still felt so sad over the loss of Amnon that he wanted to take his army there and capture Absalom.

David started trembling. Then he went up to the room above the city gate to cry. As he went, he kept saying, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I could have died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!”

I would gladly be placed under God's curse and be separated from Christ for the good of my own people.

just as you already partly understand us. Then when our Lord Jesus returns, you can be as proud of us as we are of you.

We suffer in the hope that you will be comforted and saved. And because we are comforted, you will also be comforted, as you patiently endure suffering like ours.

And it isn't because I don't love you. God himself knows how much I do love you.

I am planning to visit you for the third time. But I still won't make a burden of myself. What I really want is you, and not what you have. Children are not supposed to save up for their parents, but parents are supposed to take care of their children.

But he replied, “My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So if Christ keeps giving me his power, I will gladly boast about how weak I am.

The reason I want to be happy is to make you happy. I wrote as I did because I didn't want to visit you and be made to feel bad, when you should make me feel happy.

This means that death is working in us, but life is working in you.

Make a place for us in your hearts! We haven't ill-treated or hurt anyone. We haven't cheated anyone.

I am not saying this to be hard on you. But, as I have said before, you will always be in our thoughts, whether we live or die.

You even celebrate certain days, months, seasons, and years.

Your faith in the Lord and your service are like a sacrifice offered to him. And my own blood may have to be poured out with the sacrifice. If this happens, I will be glad and rejoice with you.

I am glad that I can suffer for you. I am pleased also that in my own body I can continue the suffering of Christ for his body, the church.

We cared so much for you, and you became so dear to us, that we were willing to give our lives for you when we gave you God's message.

and so I am willing to put up with anything. Then God's special people will be saved. They will be given eternal glory because they belong to Christ Jesus.

Obey your leaders and do what they say. They are watching over you, and they must answer to God. So don't make them sad as they do their work. Make them happy. Otherwise, they won't be able to help you at all.




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