2 Corinthians 2:4

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

I wrote to you in sore trouble and distress of heart and with many tears, not to give you pain, but to let you see how intense a love I have for you.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God. For I betrothed you to one husband, that I might present you to the Christ a pure bride.

2 Corinthians 12:15

For my part, I will most gladly spend, and be spent, for your welfare. Can it be that the more intensely I love you the less I am to be loved?

2 Corinthians 2:9

I had this further object, also, in what I wrote--to ascertain whether you might be relied upon to be obedient in everything.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So, then, even though I did write to you, it was not for the sake of the wrong-doer, or of the man who was wronged, but to make you conscious, in the sight of God, of your own earnest care for us. And it is this that has encouraged us.

Philippians 3:18

For there are many--of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears--who are living in enmity to the cross of the Christ.