2 Corinthians 2:4

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

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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ASV

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 which I have more abundantly unto you.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

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⁺.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Corinthians 2

² For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?

³ I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.

⁴ 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.

⁵ Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

⁶ The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.

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