“Now Paul is openly expressing the love and affection which he had for them, since he is prepared not only to spend lavishly on their behalf but even to die for the salvation of their souls.”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
Original
15And 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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In context
13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
— 2 Corinthians 12:15 —
16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?