2 Corinthians 2:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

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  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;
  • Lev 19:17-18 : 17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil. 18 Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because men do not keep your law.
  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Better is open protest than love kept secret. 6 The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
  • Jer 13:15-17 : 15 Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord. 16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night. 17 But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.
  • Luke 19:41-44 : 41 And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it, 42 Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them. 43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side, 44 And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
  • Rom 9:2-3 : 2 That I am full of sorrow and pain without end. 3 For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:
  • 2 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 For though my letter gave you pain, I have no regret for it now, though I had before; for I see that the letter gave you pain, but only for a time. 9 Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything.

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  • 2 Cor 2:1-3
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    1 But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

    2 For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?

    3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

  • 2 Cor 2:5
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    5 But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3 It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

    4 My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

  • Phil 2:26-28
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    26 Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

    27 For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.

    28 I have sent him, then, the more gladly, so that when you see him again, you may be happy and I may have the less sorrow.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7 For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • 2 Cor 2:7-9
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    7 So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

    8 For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

    9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

  • Rom 9:2
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    2 That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15 And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

  • Col 2:1-2
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    1 For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh;

    2 So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4 Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

  • 2 Cor 7:7-9
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    7 And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.

    8 For though my letter gave you pain, I have no regret for it now, though I had before; for I see that the letter gave you pain, but only for a time.

    9 Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything.

  • Phil 1:7-9
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    7 So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

    8 For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

    9 And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

  • Phil 1:26
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    26 So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.

  • 2 Cor 7:11-12
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    11 For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

    12 So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12 Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

  • Phil 2:18
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    18 And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

  • 1 Thess 2:8
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    8 Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.

  • Phlm 1:20-21
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    20 So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

    21 Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15 And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

  • 2 Cor 8:2
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    2 How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17 But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

  • Eph 6:22
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    22 Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, so that you may have knowledge of our position, and that he may give comfort to your hearts.

  • 2 Cor 11:11
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    11 Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

  • Gal 4:15
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    15 Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.

  • Col 4:8
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    8 And I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may have news of how we are, and so that he may give your hearts comfort;

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4 And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;

  • Rom 15:15
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    15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4 Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13 For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.

  • Gal 6:11
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    11 See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13 I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen:

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;