I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

我也甘心乐意为你们的灵魂费财费力。难道我越发爱你们，就越发少得你们的爱吗？

我也甘心乐意为你们的灵魂费财费力。难道我越爱你们，就越少得你们的爱吗？

我也甘心乐意为你们的灵魂费财费力。难道我越爱你们，就越少得你们的爱吗？

为了你们的灵魂，我甘愿付出，包括自己的生命。难道我越爱你们，就越得不到你们的爱吗？

至于我，我甘心乐意为你们的灵魂付上一切，鞠躬尽瘁。难道我越爱你们，就越得不到你们的爱吗？

所以为了你们的灵魂，我会极其乐意地付出，甚至完全付出。难道我爱你们越多，就越少得到你们的爱吗？

我也甘心樂意為你們的靈魂費財費力。難道我越發愛你們，就越發少得你們的愛嗎？

我也甘心樂意為你們的靈魂費財費力。難道我越愛你們，就越少得你們的愛嗎？

我也甘心樂意為你們的靈魂費財費力。難道我越愛你們，就越少得你們的愛嗎？

為了你們的靈魂，我甘願付出，包括自己的生命。難道我越愛你們，就越得不到你們的愛嗎？

至於我，我甘心樂意為你們的靈魂付上一切，鞠躬盡瘁。難道我越愛你們，就越得不到你們的愛嗎？

論到我嘛、我頂喜歡地為你們開費，以至於費盡了我自己。是不是我越發愛你們，就該越發少得你們的愛呢？

所以為了你們的靈魂，我會極其樂意地付出，甚至完全付出。難道我愛你們越多，就越少得到你們的愛嗎？

我為爾靈、欣然委身盡己矣、我愈愛爾、而愈鮮見愛乎、

緣益爾曹、余歡然費財盡已、然我愈愛爾、愈失爾愛、

雖我愈愛爾、愈不見爾愛我、我仍為爾靈魂、甘於費財盡己、

吾為爾等靈魂之故、固不惜任何之犧牲、即犧牲本身、亦所甘心。豈吾之愛爾愈厚、而爾之愛我愈薄耶？

So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?

So I will be very happy to spend everything I have for you. I will even spend myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

I will gladly spend myself and all I have for you, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

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

Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

in the same way we had a fond affection for you and were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am supplementing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of His body, which is the church.

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer;

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.

This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy was the joy of you all.

Obey your leaders and submit to them— for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account— so that they may do this with joy, not groaning; for this would be unhelpful for you.

You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you!For I think, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all as men condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to mankind.We are fools on account of Christ, but you are prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are without honor!Up to this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless;and we labor, working with our own hands; when we are verbally abused, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;when we are slandered, we reply as friends; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.Therefore I urge you, be imitators of me.For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.Now some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.

You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.Now in the same way in exchange— I am speaking as to children— open wide your hearts to us, you as well.

I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly.“ I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

You meticulously observe days and months and seasons and years.

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom,“ Please let me choose twelve thousand men and let me set out and pursue David tonight.And I will attack him while he is weary and exhausted and startle him, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike and kill the king when he is alone,and I will bring all the people back to you. The return of everyone depends on the man whom you are seeking; then all the people will be at peace.”And the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, on the day of our Lord Jesus.

And He has said to me,“ My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

Then the king trembled and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And this is what he said as he walked:“ My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

And the heart of King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted regarding Amnon, since he was dead.