2 Corinthians 2:4

Legacy Standard Bible

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have abundantly for you.

Cross References

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your law.

2 Corinthians 11:2

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

2 Corinthians 12:15

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

2 Corinthians 2:9

For to this end also I wrote, so that I might know your proven character, whether you are obedient in all things.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness on our behalf might be manifested to you in the sight of God.

Philippians 3:18

For many walk—of whom I often told you, and now tell you even crying—as enemies of the cross of Christ,