2 Corinthians 12:15

John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 32

  “So will I also myself show forth increased love, even “though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 15. [R.V., “Am I loved the less?” The reading accepted by Chrysostom agrees better with this interpretation.]

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 63

  “For after they had taken the colt, they then gave up all, even as Paul also said, “I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 15.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Homilies on the First Epistle of John Homily 5

  “Hear also the Apostle Paul: “And I myself,” saith he, “will be spent for your souls.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 15.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Homilies on the First Epistle of John Homily 6

  “Therefore Paul the Apostle, because he was ready to die for the brethren, and said, “I will myself be spent for your souls,” yet, because God only saw this in his heart, not the mortal men to whom he spake, he saith to them, “But to me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you or at man’s bar.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 15.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10

  “And how, indeed, should one be ready to be spent for their souls, if he should find it irksome to him to bend himself to their ears?” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Cor. xii. 15

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount I.19Book I

  “Nor is this indeed said by the apostle for this reason, that they should not bear with those parties; but that they should bear with himself rather, who so loved them, that he was willing that he himself should be spent for them.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 15.

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• Philippians 2:17

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:7

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 1 Peter 2:21

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• Psalm 57:7

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.19.

• Matthew 23:37

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• Acts 22:25

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.19.

• Acts 23:3

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.19.

• 1 Corinthians 9:22

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 2 Corinthians 5:13

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 2 Corinthians 5:14

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 2 Corinthians 9:7

  Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 10.

• 2 Corinthians 11:20

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.19.

• 2 Corinthians 11:21

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.19.