2 Corinthians 2:4

English Standard Version 2016

For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:12

So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.

Philippians 3:18

For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.

2 Corinthians 12:15

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

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:9

For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.