2 Corinthians 2:4 - Modern English Version

⁴ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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.

2 Corinthians 2:4 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 119:136

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

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 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 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.

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.

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.