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2 Corinthians 2:4
4When I wrote that letter, I was very sad and upset. I cried a lot. I did not want to make you sad. Instead, I wanted you to know that I love you very much.
2 Corinthians 2:4 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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 so abundantly for you.
Context of 2 Corinthians 2:4
2You are the only people who can make me happy. So, if I make you sad, there will be nobody to make me happy. 3That is why I did not visit you. I wrote that letter to you instead. You are the people who should make me happy. I did not want you to make me sad when I visited you. I felt sure about all of you. I knew that, if I was happy, then all of you would be happy too. When I wrote that letter, I was very sad and upset. I cried a lot. I did not want to make you sad. Instead, I wanted you to know that I love you very much. 5Someone among you has done things that have made other people sad. That person has made me sad. But really he has made all of you much more sad than me. I do not want to say more about this than is necessary. 6Most of you have agreed to punish him. That should be enough.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 22 Corinthians 2:4 word by word
ἐκ γὰρ πολλῆς θλίψεως καὶ συνοχῆς καρδίας ἔγραψα ὑμῖν διὰ πολλῶν δακρύων, οὐχ ἵνα λυπηθῆτε, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀγάπην ἵνα γνῶτε ἣν ἔχω περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- muchπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- afflictionθλῖψιςthlipsis · pressureG2347
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- anguishσυνοχήsunochē · anguishG4928
- of heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- I wroteγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
- unto youσύsu · youG4771
- withδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- tearsδάκρυ, δάκρυονdakru dakruon · teardropG1144
- notοὐou · noG3756
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- ye should be grievedλυπέωlupeō · to grieveG3076
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- ye might knowγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
- the loveὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
- whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- I haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- more abundantlyπερισσῶςperissōs · excessivelyG4057
- untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 2:4
- Leviticus 19:17You must not think bad thoughts about another person. A person may do something that is wrong. You must tell him that he is doing a wrong thing. If you do, you will not be a part of the wrong thing.
- Psalms 119:136I weep with streams of tears, because people do not obey your Law.
- Proverbs 27:5When a friend is not afraid to warn you that you are wrong, it shows that he really loves you.
- Jeremiah 13:15‘Listen carefully to me. Do not be too proud to listen! The Lord has spoken to you.
- Luke 19:41When Jesus got near to the city, he looked at it. He cried because he felt very sorry for the people in it.
- Romans 9:2I tell you this: Deep inside myself, I am always very sad and upset because of Israel's people.
- Philippians 3:18Many people live in a way that shows they do not agree with God's message. I have told you about these people many times before. And now I am crying when I tell you about them. I am very sad, because they speak against Christ's death on the cross.
- 2 Corinthians 7:8But even if I made you sad by my letter, I am not sorry about that. At one time, I was sorry that I had written it. I saw that my letter had made you sad. But you were sad only for a short time.
- 2 Corinthians 12:15So I will be happy to give everything that I have to you. I will be happy to give myself too, because I want to help you. Perhaps I love you too much! But that should not mean that you will love me less than you should.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2God wants to keep you for himself. And that is what I want too. I have brought you to Christ, like a pure bride who marries one husband. I want you to be pure and to belong only to him.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 2:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For out of much affliction, etc. - It is very likely that the apostle's enemies had represented him as a harsh, austere, authoritative man; who was better pleased with inflicting wounds than in healing them. But he vindicates himself from this charge by solemnly asserting that this was the most painful part of his office; and that the writing of his first epistle to them cost him much affliction and anguish of heart, and many tears.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For out of much affliction - Possibly Paul‘s enemies had charged him with being harsh and overbearing. They may have said that there was much needless severity in his letter. He here meets that, and says, that it was with much pain and many tears that he was constrained to write as he did. He was pained at their conduct, and at the necessity which existed for such an epistle. This is an eminently beautiful instance of Paul‘s kindness of heart, and his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4After his painful visit (2:1), Paul wrote a letter with great anguish and many tears. It was meant for the Corinthians' benefit. That letter (see also 7:8–10) seems to have been lost. However, it effectively brought about the needed repentance and change.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. So far from my change of purpose being due to "lightness" (2Co 1:17), I wrote my letter to you (2Co 2:3) "out of much affliction (Greek, 'trouble') and anguish of heart, and with many tears." not that ye should be grieved--Translate, "be made sorry," to accord with the translation, 2Co 2:2. My ultimate and main object was, "not that ye might be made sorry," but that through sorrow you might be led to repentance, and so to joy, redounding both to you…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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