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2 Corinthians 2:4

WEB

4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

KJV

4For 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.

BSB

4For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

FBV

4I 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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Extra References

2 Corinthians 7:12

12So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.

Proverbs 27:5-6

5Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Leviticus 19:17-18

17“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

18“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Luke 19:41-44

41When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, 42saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes. 43For the days will come on you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side, 44and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”

Philippians 3:18

18For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

2 Corinthians 7:8-9

8For though I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you grieve, though just for a while. 9I now rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

2 Corinthians 11:2

2For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Psalms 119:136

136Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADHE

2 Corinthians 12:15

15I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

Romans 9:2-3

2that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. 3For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh