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2 Corinthians 2:4

World English Bible

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.

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2 Corinthians 2:4 in other translations

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.

2 Corinthians 2:4 · American Standard Version

2 Corinthians 2:4 in context

  1. 2For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?
  2. 3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
  3. 4For 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.
  4. 5But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
  5. 6This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;