2 Corinthians 2:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart #– #not to cause you pain, but that you should know the abundant love I have for 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.

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.

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.

2 Corinthians 2:4 Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous  for you with a godly jealousy,  because I have promised you in marriage to one husband #– #to present a pure  virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will most gladly spend and be spent for you.  , If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

2 Corinthians 2:9

I wrote for this purpose: to test your character  to see whether you are obedient  in everything.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your devotion to us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.

Philippians 3:18

For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross  of Christ.