2 Corinthians 2:4

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

Webster Bible

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 to you, lest, coming I should have sorrow from them by whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

5But if any hath caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:136Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

Romans 9:2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

2 Corinthians 7:12Wherefore, though I wrote to you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.

2 Corinthians 12:15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

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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