Spend and be spent
A second fruit, then, of the love of God, so far as it can be distinguished from that love, is universal obedience to him we love, and conformity to his will. Obedience to all the commands of God, internal and external. Obedience of the heart and of the life, in every temper, and in every kind of conduct.
And one of the tempers most obviously implied in this is being zealous of good works (Titus 2:14): hungering and thirsting to do good, in every possible kind, to all men; rejoicing to spend and be spent (2 Corinthians 12:15) for them, for every child of man; not looking for any repayment in this world, but only in the resurrection of the just (Luke 14:14).
1771 text
5. A second fruit then of the love of God, (so far as it can be distinguished from it) is universal obedience to him we love, and conformity to his will: obedience to all the commands of God, internal and external: obedience of the heart and of the life, in every temper, and in all manner of conversation. And one of the tempers most obviously implied herein is, the being zealous of good works; the hungring and thirsting to do good, in every possible kind, unto all men; the rejoicing to spend and be spent for them, for every child of man, not looking for any recompence in this world, but only in the resurrection of the just.
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Sermon 18 in the 1771 Works. John 3:8.
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