2 Corinthians 2:4

I was crying many tears when I wrote to you, in great anguish and with a heavy heart—not to make you sad, but so you would know how much love I have for you.

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In The King James Version

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

In Context

3That's why I wrote what I did, so that I wouldn't be sad over those who should make me happy. I was so sure that all of you would share in my happiness.

5Not to put it too strongly, but the person caused more pain to all of you than to me.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:136My tears stream down as I weep for those who don't keep your law.

Jeremiah 13:15Listen and pay attention. Don't be arrogant, for the Lord has spoken.

Romans 9:2how terribly sad I am, how I have never-ending pain in my heart,

2 Corinthians 7:12So when I wrote to you, I wasn't writing about who did the wrong or who was wronged, but to show you how devoted you are to us in God's sight.

2 Corinthians 12:15I will happily spend myself, and be spent, for you. If I love you so much more, will you love me even less?

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 2:2-5

Paul Expresses His Affection. ( a. d. 57.) 1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? 3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be… Read the whole commentary →

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