2 Corinthians 2:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For in great affliction and anguishe of heart, I wrote vnto you with many teares, not that ye shoulde be made sorie, but that ye myght perceaue the loue which I haue, most specially vnto you.

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  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I dyd it not for his cause that had done the hurt, neither for his cause that was hurt: but that your good minde to vswarde myght appeare among you in the syght of God.
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am gelous ouer you, with Godly gelousie: For I haue coupled you to one man, to present you a chaste virgin vnto Christe.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 I wyll very gladly bestowe, & wylbe bestowed for your sakes, though the more aboundauntly I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne.
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walke, of whom I haue tolde you often, & nowe tel you wepyng, that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christe:
  • Lev 19:17-18 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne heart, but shalt in any wyse rebuke thy neighbour, & suffer not sinne vpon hym. 18 Thou shalt not auenge nor wayte to do displeasure agaynst the chyldren of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour euen as thy selfe: I am the Lorde.
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Ryuers of waters gushe out of myne eyes: because men kepe not thy lawe.
  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Open rebuke, is better then secrete loue. 6 Faythfull are the woundes of a louer: but the kysses of an enemie are cruell.
  • Jer 13:15-17 : 15 Heare, geue eare, take not disdayne at it: for it is the Lorde hym selfe that speaketh. 16 Honour the Lorde your God or he take his light from you, and or euer your feete stumble in darcknesse at the hyll: lest when you loke for the lyght, he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death. 17 But if ye wyll not heare me that geue you secrete warnyng, I wyll mourne from my whole heart for your stubburnnesse: Piteously wyll I weepe, and the teares shall gushe out of mine eyes, for the Lordes flocke shalbe caried away captiue.
  • Luke 19:41-44 : 41 And when he was come neare, he behelde the citie, and wept on it. 42 Saying: If thou haddest knowen those thynges whiche belong vnto thy peace, euen in this thy day: But nowe are they hyd from thyne eyes. 43 For the dayes shall come vpon thee, that thyne enemies also shall caste a banke about thee, and compasse thee rounde, and kepe thee in on euery syde: 44 And make thee euen with ye grounde, and thy chyldren which are in thee: and they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpo another, because thou knowest not the tyme of thy visitation.
  • Rom 9:2-3 : 2 That I haue great heauinesse, & continuall sorowe in my heart. 3 For I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe, for my brethren, my kynsmen as pertaynyng to ye fleshe,
  • 2 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 For though I made you sorie with a letter, I repent not, though I dyd repent. For I perceaue, that the same epistle made you sorie, though it were but for a season. 9 I nowe reioyce, not that ye were sorie, but that ye so sorowed to repent: for ye sorowed godly, so that in nothyng ye were hurt by vs.

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  • 2 Cor 2:1-3
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    1But I determined this in my selfe, yt I would not come againe to you in heauynesse.

    2For if I make you sorie, who is he yt shoulde make me glad, but the same which is made sorie by me?

    3And I wrote this same vnto you, lest when I came, I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce. This confidence haue I toward you all, that my ioy is the ioy of you all.

  • 2 Cor 2:5
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    5But yf any man hath caused sorowe, the same hath not made me sorie, but partly, lest I shoulde greeue you all.

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3I speake not this to condempne you: for I haue shewed you before, that ye are in our heartes to dye and lyue with you.

    4I am very bolde ouer you, I reioyce greatly in you. I am fylled with comfort, and am exceedyng ioyous in all our tribulation.

  • Phil 2:26-28
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    26For he longed after you all, and was full of heauinesse, because that ye had hearde that he had ben sicke.

    27And no doubt he was sicke nye vnto death, but God had mercie on hym, and not on hym only, but on me also, lest I shoulde haue sorowe vpon sorowe.

    28I sent him therfore the more diligentlie, that when ye see him againe, ye may reioyce, and that I may be the lesse sorowfull.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7For we haue great ioy & consolation in thy loue, because the bowels of the saintes are refresshed by thee, brother.

    8Wherfore, though I myght be much bolde in Christe, to inioyne thee that which is conuenient:

  • 2 Cor 2:7-9
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    7So that nowe contrarywise, ye ought rather to forgeue hym, and comforte hym, lest that same person shoulde be swallowed vp with ouermuche heauynesse.

    8Wherfore I pray you, that you would confirme your loue towardes hym.

    9For this cause veryly did I write, that I myght knowe the profe of you, whether ye be obedient in all thynges.

  • Rom 9:2
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    2That I haue great heauinesse, & continuall sorowe in my heart.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15I wyll very gladly bestowe, & wylbe bestowed for your sakes, though the more aboundauntly I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne.

  • Col 2:1-2
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    1For I woulde that ye knew what great fight I haue for you, and for them that are at Laodicea, and for as many as haue not seene my face in the fleshe,

    2That their heartes myght be comforted, beyng knyt together in loue, and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding, to knowe the misterie of God, and of the father, and of Christe,

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4Desiryng to see thee, myndefull of thy teares: that I may be fylled with ioy.

  • 2 Cor 7:7-9
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    7And not by his comming only, but also by the consolatio whiche we receaued of you, when he tolde vs your desire, your wepyng, your feruent mynde towarde me, so that I reioyced the more.

    8For though I made you sorie with a letter, I repent not, though I dyd repent. For I perceaue, that the same epistle made you sorie, though it were but for a season.

    9I nowe reioyce, not that ye were sorie, but that ye so sorowed to repent: for ye sorowed godly, so that in nothyng ye were hurt by vs.

  • Phil 1:7-9
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    7As it becommeth me to iudge this of you al, because I haue you in my heart, and in my bondes, in the defence and confirmation of the Gospell, you all beyng partakers of my grace.

    8For God is my recorde howe greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of Iesus Christe.

    9And this I pray, that your loue may abounde yet more and more in knowledge, and in all vnderstandyng:

  • Phil 1:26
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    26That your reioysyng may be ye more aboundaunt in Iesus Christe for me, by my commyng to you agayne.

  • 2 Cor 7:11-12
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    11For beholde this thing, what carefulnesse this godly sorow that ye toke, hath wrought in you: yea what clearing of your selues, yea what indignation, yea what feare, yea what vehemet desire, yea what zeale, yea what punishment. For in all thynges ye haue shewed your selues that ye were cleare in ye matter.

    12Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I dyd it not for his cause that had done the hurt, neither for his cause that was hurt: but that your good minde to vswarde myght appeare among you in the syght of God.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12I had many thynges to write vnto you: neuerthelesse, I woulde not write with paper & inke, but I trust to come vnto you, and speake with you mouth to mouth, that our ioy may be full.

  • Phil 2:18
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    18For the same cause also do ye reioyce, and reioyce with me.

  • 1 Thess 2:8
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    8So, beyng tenderly affected towarde you, our good wyll was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospell of God only: but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.

  • Phlm 1:20-21
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    20Yea brother, let me enioy this pleasure of thee in the Lorde: Comfort my bowels in the Lorde.

    21Trustyng in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowyng, that thou wilt also do more then I say.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15And his inwarde affection is more aboundaunt towarde you, when he remembred the obedience of you all, howe with feare and tremblyng ye receaued hym.

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue.

  • 2 Cor 8:2
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    2Howe that ye aboundance of their reioycing is, that they are tryed with muche tribulation. And though they were exceedyng poore, yet haue they geuen exceedyng rychlye, and that in singlenesse.

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17Forasmuch brethren, as we are kept from you for a short season, in person, not in heart, we enforced ye more to see you personally with great desire.

  • Eph 6:22
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    22Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose, that ye myght knowe of our affaires, and that he myght comfort your heartes.

  • 2 Cor 11:11
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    11Wherfore? Because I loue you not? God knoweth.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8For we woulde not brethren haue you ignoraunt of our trouble, whiche came vnto vs in Asia: For we were greeued out of measure, passyng strength, so greatly, that we dispayred euen of lyfe.

  • Gal 4:15
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    15What is then your felicitie? For I beare you recorde, that yf it had ben possible, ye woulde haue plucked out your owne eyes, and haue geuen them to me.

  • Col 4:8
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    8Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same thyng, that he myght knowe your state, and comfort your heartes,

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4For veryly when we were with you, we tolde you before that we shoulde suffer tribulation, euen as it came to passe, and as ye knowe.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7Therefore brethren we were comforted ouer you, in all our aduersitie and necessitie, because of your fayth.

  • Rom 15:15
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    15Neuerthelesse brethren, I haue somewhat more boldly written vnto you, to put you in remembraunce, through the grace that is geuen me of God,

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4Which comforted vs in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are in any maner trouble, with the comfort wherwith we our selues are comforted of God.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For what is it, wherin ye were inferiour vnto other Churches, except it be that I was not chargeable vnto you? Forgeue me this wrong.

  • Gal 6:11
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    11Ye see how large a letter I haue written vnto you with myne owne hande.

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13I haue many thynges to write: but I wyll not with inke and penne write vnto thee.

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12And the Lorde encrease you, & make you abounde in loue one towarde another, and towarde all men, euen as we also towarde you,