2 Corinthians 2:4

for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that you might be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have more abundantly toward 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

3And I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it was necessary [for] me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

5And if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

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Cross References

Psalms 119:136Streams of waters have come down my eyes, || Because they have not kept Your law!

Jeremiah 13:15Hear, and give ear—do not be haughty, || For YHWH has spoken.

Romans 9:2that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart—

2 Corinthians 7:12If, then, I also wrote to you—not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who suffered wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being revealed to you before God—

2 Corinthians 12:15and I will most gladly spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, loving you more abundantly, I am loved 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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