2 Corinthians 2:4

The Passion Translation

I wrote you previously sobbing and with a broken heart. I was filled with anguish and deep distress. I had no intention of causing you pain but to convey the overwhelming measure of my love for you.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:12

So I wrote you not simply to correct the one who did the wrong or on the behalf of the one who was wronged, but to help you realize in God’s sight how loyal you are to us.

Psalm 119:136

When I witness the rebellious breaking your laws, it makes me weep uncontrollably!

Philippians 3:18

For there are many who live by different standards. As I’ve warned you many times (I weep as I write these words), they are enemies of the cross of the Anointed One and

2 Corinthians 12:15

And as a spiritual father to you, I will gladly spend all that I have and all that I am for you! If I love you more, will you respond by loving me less?

2 Corinthians 11:2

You need to know that God’s passion is burning inside me for you, because, like a loving father, I have pledged your hand in marriage to Christ, your true bridegroom. I’ve also promised that I would present his fiancée to him as a pure virgin bride.

2 Corinthians 2:9

You see, I wrote previously in order to see if your hearts would pass the test and if you were willing to follow my counsel in everything.