15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for you.[a](A) If I love you more, am I to be loved less? 16 Now granted, I did not burden(B) you; yet sly as I am, I took you in by deceit!(C) 17 Did I take advantage of you by any of those I sent you?

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  1. 12:15 Lit for your souls, or for your lives

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

16 But be that as it may, (C)I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you by cunning! 17 Did I take advantage of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

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15 (A)I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If (B)I love you more, am I to be loved less? 16 But granting that (C)I myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit. 17 Did I take advantage of you (D)through any of those whom I sent to you?

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