2 Corinthians 2:4

for out of{much pressure/constriction/oppression} and of{hold-together[noun]} of{heart} I-write to{you} through of{many tears}, not in-which-place you-may-be-grieved; contrariwise, the love, in-which-place you-may-know what I-am-having more-excessively into you.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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-write to{you} the-same same, in-which-place, not come[ing], I-may-have grief from of{whom[plural]} it-has-been-necessitating me to-be-joying, having-persuaded upon you all that the my joy is-being of{you all},

5Moreover, if someone has-grieved, he-has-grieved not emphatically-me; contrariwise, from of{part/portion}, in-which-place I-may_not_be-weighting-upon/burdening you all.

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Cross References

Romans 9:2that grief to{me} is-being large, and without-through-leaving/quitting[adjective] distress to{the heart} of{me},

2 Corinthians 7:12Consequently, if also I-write to{you} not because of{the do[ing]-injustice/injure[ing]}, nor because of{the done-injustice-to/injured}, contrariwise because of{the} to-be-revealed, the expedience of{you}, the over/for-the-sake of{us} toward you in-sight of{the God}.

2 Corinthians 12:15Moreover, I most-pleasure-ly will-spend and will-be-spent-out over/for-the-sake of{the lives} of{you} if also more-excessively loving you I-am-being-loved inferior/yielding/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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