2 Corinthians 2:4

Good News Translation

I wrote you with a greatly troubled and distressed heart and with many tears; my purpose was not to make you sad, but to make you realize how much I love you all.

Cross References

Psalm 119:136

My tears pour down like a river, because people do not obey your law.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous for you, just as God is; you are like a pure virgin whom I have promised in marriage to one man only, Christ himself.

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will be glad to spend all I have, and myself as well, in order to help you. Will you love me less because I love you so much?

2 Corinthians 2:9

I wrote you that letter because I wanted to find out how well you had stood the test and whether you are always ready to obey my instructions.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So, even though I wrote that letter, it was not because of the one who did wrong or the one who was wronged. Instead, I wrote it to make plain to you, in God's sight, how deep your devotion to us really is.

Philippians 3:18

I have told you this many times before, and now I repeat it with tears: there are many whose lives make them enemies of Christ's death on the cross.