2 Corinthians 2:4

Modern English Version

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly for you.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:12

So though I wrote to you, I did it not because of him who had done the wrong, nor because of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might be evident to you.

Psalm 119:136

Rivers of water run down from my eyes, because they keep not Your law.

Philippians 3:18

For many are walking in such a way that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. I have told you of them often and tell you again, even weeping.

2 Corinthians 12:15

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

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:9

For to this end I also wrote, so that I might know that you are proving yourselves by whether you are being obedient in all things.