2 Corinthians 2:4 - Tree of Life Version

For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears—not to make you sorrowful, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For I wrote you out of great sorrow and deep distress [with mental torture and anxiety] of heart, [yes, and] with many tears, not to cause you pain but in order to make you realize the overflowing love that I continue increasingly to have for you.

American Standard Version (1901)

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

Common English Bible

I wrote to you in tears, with a very troubled and anxious heart. I didn’t write to make you sad but so you would know the overwhelming love that I have for you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For with much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not so that you would be sorrowful, but so that you might know the charity that I have more abundantly toward you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you.

2 Corinthians 2:4 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 119:136

Streams of water run down from my eyes, because they do not observe Your Torah.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I betrothed you to one husband, to present you to Messiah as a pure virgin.

2 Corinthians 12:15

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

2 Corinthians 2:9

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

2 Corinthians 7:12

So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for the sake of the wrongdoer or for the sake of the one who was wronged, but to make known to you your diligence for us in the sight of God.

Philippians 3:18

For many walk who are enemies of the cross of Messiah—I have often told you about them, and now I am even weeping as I tell you.