2 Corinthians 2:4
“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.”
2 Corinthians 2:4 — King James Version
Verse 4 of 17 in 2 Corinthians chapter 2 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
2 Corinthians 2:4 in other translations
- 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 sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.”
- American Standard Version
- “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.”
2 Corinthians 2 — full chapter (King James Version)
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? 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. But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of ; Lest should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. Furthermore, when I came to to preach ’s , and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into . Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in , and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of , in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? For we are not as many, which corrupt of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in .