2 Corinthians 2:4
2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
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.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
- ASV
- 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 that I have more abundantly unto you.
- DARBY
- For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.
- BLB
- For out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you⁺ through many tears, not that you⁺ might be grieved, but that you⁺ might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you⁺.
- ÅB
- For med stor trengsel og angst i hjertet skrev jeg til dere under mange tårer, ikke for å gjøre dere sorg, men for at dere skulle kjenne den kjærlighet som jeg særlig har til dere.
- OTB
- For ut av mye nød og hjertesorg skrev jeg til dere med mange tårer; ikke for å forårsake dere sorg, men slik at dere kunne forstå den kjærligheten jeg har spesielt for dere.
- B1930
- For med megen trengsel og angst i hjertet skrev jeg til eder under mange tårer, ikke for å gjøre eder sorg, men forat I skulde kjenne den kjærlighet som jeg særlig har til eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 7:12
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
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Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
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And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
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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.
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(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
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Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:8–9
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
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