2 Corinthians 2:4 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

3 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but bidding them farewell, I went into Macedonia.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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

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

43 Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.

2 Corinthians 11:2

1 Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth it.

2 Corinthians 12:15

Do you seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me, who towards you is not weak, but is mighty in you?

2 Corinthians 2:9

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?

2 Corinthians 7:12

And not as we hoped, but they gave their own selves first to the Lord, then to us by the will of God:

Philippians 3:18

Be nothing solicitous; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.