2 Corinthians 2:4

For in great affliction, and anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

5And if any hath caused sorowe, the same hath not made mee sorie, but partly (lest I should more charge him) you all.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:136Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.

Jeremiah 13:15Heare and giue eare, be not proude: for the Lord hath spoken it.

Romans 9:2That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorow in mine heart.

2 Corinthians 7:12Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I did not it for his cause that had done the wrong, neither for his cause that had the iniurie, but that our care toward you in the sight of God might appeare vnto you.

2 Corinthians 12:15And I will most gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your soules: though the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued.

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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