2 Corinthians 2:4

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For out of great distress and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the love I have for you more abundantly.

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  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 So even though I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong or for the sake of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you, in the sight of God, your earnestness on our behalf.
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved less?
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ, as I have often told you, and now I tell you again with tears.
  • Lev 19:17-18 : 17 Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him. 18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because people do not keep Your law.
  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
  • Jer 13:15-17 : 15 Listen and pay attention! Do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness. 17 But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
  • Luke 19:41-44 : 41 As he approached and saw the city, he wept over it. 42 He said, 'If you had known on this day, even you, the things that would bring you peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.' 43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a barricade against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. 44 They will crush you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.
  • Rom 9:2-3 : 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own people according to the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 For even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it at first, I see that this letter grieved you, though only for a while. 9 Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God intended, so that you would not suffer any loss from us.

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  • 2 Cor 2:1-3
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    1I decided this for myself: that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

    2For if I grieve you, who then will make me glad but the one who is grieved by me?

    3I wrote this very thing to you so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to bring me joy. I have confidence in all of you, that my joy is your joy.

  • 2 Cor 2:5
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    5Now if anyone has caused sorrow, they have not grieved me alone but to some degree—not to overburden you—they have grieved all of you.

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you are in our hearts, to live together and to die together.

    4I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.

  • Phil 2:26-28
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    26Since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard he was sick.

    27Indeed, he was so sick he nearly died. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

    28For this reason, I am all the more eager to send him so that when you see him again, you may rejoice and I may be less anxious.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.

    8For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,

  • 2 Cor 2:7-9
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    7Instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

    8Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

    9For this reason, I also wrote to you, to test you and see if you are obedient in everything.

  • Rom 9:2
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    2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15And I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved less?

  • Col 2:1-2
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    1For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.

    2I do this so that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and that they may have all the riches of full assurance of understanding, which leads to the full knowledge of God's mystery—Christ himself.

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4I long to see you, as I remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.

  • 2 Cor 7:7-9
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    7and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us about your deep longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

    8For even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it at first, I see that this letter grieved you, though only for a while.

    9Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God intended, so that you would not suffer any loss from us.

  • Phil 1:7-9
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    7It is right for me to think this way about you all, because I have you in my heart; whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, you all share in God’s grace with me.

    8For God is my witness, how I yearn for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

    9And this is my prayer, that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.

  • Phil 1:26
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    26so that because of my coming to you again, your boasting in Christ Jesus may abound.

  • 2 Cor 7:11-12
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    11See what earnestness this godly sorrow has produced in you! What eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what readiness to see justice done! At every point you have proved yourselves to be pure in this matter.

    12So even though I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong or for the sake of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you, in the sight of God, your earnestness on our behalf.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12I have much to write to you, but I do not want to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

  • Phil 2:18
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    18In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

  • 1 Thess 2:8
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    8In the same way, being affectionately desirous of you, we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our very lives, because you had become dear to us.

  • Phlm 1:20-21
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    20Yes, brother, may I benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.

    21Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15And his affection for you is all the greater when he remembers your obedience, how you received him with fear and trembling.

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

  • 2 Cor 8:2
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    2In the midst of a severe trial brought by affliction, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty overflowed into abundant generosity.

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17But we, brothers and sisters, being separated from you for a short time—in person, not in heart—made every effort, with great longing, to see you face to face.

  • Eph 6:22
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    22I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts.

  • 2 Cor 11:11
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    11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the trouble we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.

  • Gal 4:15
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    15What happened to your blessedness? I testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

  • Col 4:8
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    8I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts.

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4For indeed, when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and as you know.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction, we were comforted about you through your faith.

  • Rom 15:15
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    15Yet I have written to you quite boldly on some points, to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me.

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For in what way were you less favored than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

  • Gal 6:11
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    11See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand!

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13I had many things to write, but I do not want to write to you with ink and pen.

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all people, just as we also do for you.