2 Corinthians 2:4 - American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For I wrote you out of great sorrow and deep distress [with mental torture and anxiety] of heart, [yes, and] with many tears, not to cause you pain but in order to make you realize the overflowing love that I continue increasingly to have for you.

Common English Bible

⁴ I wrote to you in tears, with a very troubled and anxious heart. I didn’t write to make you sad but so you would know the overwhelming love that I have for you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For with much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not so that you would be sorrowful, but so that you might know the charity that I have more abundantly toward you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you.

2 Corinthians 2:4 Cross References

Psalm 119:136

Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law. צ TSADHE.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 12:15

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

2 Corinthians 2:9

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So although I wrote unto 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 made manifest unto you in the sight of God.

Philippians 3:18

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: