2 Corinthians 2:4 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁴ For I wrote to you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you sorrow, but to let you know the abundant love I have 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ 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.

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2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 12:15

So I will most gladly spend and be entirely spent for the sake of your souls, even if the more I love you, the less I am loved.

2 Corinthians 2:9

I wrote to you because I wanted to test your character and see if you would be obedient in everything.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who was wronged, but so that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.

Philippians 3:18

For I have often told you, and tell you now with tears, that many walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.