Cross references

2 Corinthians 12:15

And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

2 Corinthians 12:15 BSB

2 Corinthians 12:15 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Thessalonians 2:8 (10 votes) and 2 Corinthians 1:6 (8 votes). 36 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Exodus 18 to 1 Peter 5.

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Which verses does 2 Corinthians 12:15 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.

  2. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

  3. But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

  4. Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

  5. For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

  6. I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.

  7. It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained. As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.

  8. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

  9. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

  10. Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you! For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men. …

  11. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

  12. See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Which verses point to 2 Corinthians 12:15?

The 10 strongest of 36.