2 Corinthians 2:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

For in great affliction, & anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

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  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I did not it for his cause that had done the wrong, neither for his cause that had the iniurie, but that our care toward you in the sight of God might appeare vnto you.
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am ielous ouer you, with godly ielousie: for I haue prepared you for one husband, to present you as a pure virgine to Christ:
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will most gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your soules: though the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued.
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walke, of whom I haue told you often, and nowe tell you weeping, that they are the enemies of the Crosse of Christ:
  • Lev 19:17-18 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne. 18 Thou shalt not auenge, nor be mindful of wrong against ye childre of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe: I am the Lord.
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Open rebuke is better then secret loue. 6 The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
  • Jer 13:15-17 : 15 Heare and giue eare, be not proude: for the Lord hath spoken it. 16 Giue glory to the Lorde your God before he bring darknes, and or euer your feete stumble in the darke mountaines, and whiles you look for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death and make it as darkenesse. 17 But if ye will not heare this, my soule shall weepe in secrete for your pride, and mine eye shall weepe and drop downe teares, because the Lords flocke is caried away captiue.
  • Luke 19:41-44 : 41 And when he was come neere, he behelde the Citie, and wept for it, 42 Saying, O if thou haddest euen knowen at the least in this thy day those things, which belong vnto thy peace! but nowe are they hid from thine eyes. 43 For the dayes shall come vpon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compasse thee round, and keepe thee in on euery side, 44 And shall make thee euen with ye ground, and thy children which are in thee, and they shall not leaue in thee a stone vpon a stone, because thou knewest not that season of thy visitation.
  • Rom 9:2-3 : 2 That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorow in mine heart. 3 For I woulde wish my selfe to be separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsemen according to the flesh,
  • 2 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 For though I made you sorie with a letter, I repent not, though I did repent: for I perceiue 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 sorowed to repentance: for ye sorowed godly, so that in nothing ye were hurt by vs.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 2:1-3
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    1Bvt I determined thus in my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse.

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

    3And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

  • 2 Cor 2:5
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    5And if any hath caused sorowe, the same hath not made mee sorie, but partly (lest I should more charge him ) you all.

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3I speake it not to your condemnation: for I haue said before, that ye are in our hearts, to die and liue together.

    4I vse great boldnesse of speach toward you: I reioyce greatly in you: I am filled with comfort, and am exceeding ioyous in all our tribulation.

  • Phil 2:26-28
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    26For he longed after all you, and was full of heauinesse, because yee had heard that hee had beene sicke.

    27And no doubt he was sicke, very neere vnto death: but God had mercie on him, and not on him onely, but on me also, least I should haue sorowe vpon sorowe.

    28I sent him therefore the more diligently, that when yee shoulde see him againe, yee might reioyce, and I might be the lesse sorowfull.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7For we haue great ioy and consolation in thy loue, because by thee, brother, the Saintes bowels are comforted.

    8Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient,

  • 2 Cor 2:7-9
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    7So that nowe contrariwise yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest the same shoulde bee swalowed vp with ouermuch heauinesse.

    8Wherefore, I pray you, that you woulde confirme your loue towards him.

    9For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.

  • Rom 9:2
    76%

    2That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorow in mine heart.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15And I will most gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your soules: though the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued.

  • Col 2:1-2
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    1For I woulde ye knewe what great fighting I haue for your sakes, and for them of Laodicea, and for as many as haue not seene my person in the flesh,

    2That their heartes might be comforted, and they knit together in loue, and in all riches of the full assurance of vnderstanding, to know the mysterie of God, euen the Father, and of Christ:

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4Desiring to see thee, mindefull of thy teares, that I may be filled with ioy:

  • 2 Cor 7:7-9
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    7And not by his comming onely, but also by the consolation wherewith he was comforted of you, when he tolde vs your great desire, your mourning, your feruent minde to me warde, so that I reioyced much more.

    8For though I made you sorie with a letter, I repent not, though I did repent: for I perceiue 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 sorowed to repentance: for ye sorowed godly, so that in nothing ye were hurt by vs.

  • Phil 1:7-9
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    7As it becommeth me so to iudge of you all, because I haue you in remembrance that both in my bands, and in my defence, & confirmation of the Gospell you all were partakers of my grace.

    8For God is my recorde, howe I long after you all from the very heart roote in Iesus Christ.

    9And this I pray, that your loue may abound, yet more and more in knowledge, and in all iudgement,

  • Phil 1:26
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    26That ye may more aboundantly reioyce in Iesvs Christ for me, by my comming to you againe.

  • 2 Cor 7:11-12
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    11For beholde, this thing that ye haue bene godly sory, what great care it hath wrought in you: yea, what clearing of yourselues: yea, what indignation: yea, what feare: yea, howe great desire: yea, what a zeale: yea, what reuenge: in all things ye haue shewed your selues, that ye are pure in this matter.

    12Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I did not it for his cause that had done the wrong, neither for his cause that had the iniurie, but that our care toward you in the sight of God might appeare vnto you.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12Although I had many things to write vnto you, yet I woulde not write with paper & ynke: but I trust to come vnto you, & speake mouth to mouth, that our ioy may be full.

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

  • 1 Thess 2:8
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    8Thus being affectioned toward you, our good will was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.

  • Phlm 1:20-21
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    20Yea, brother, let mee obteine this pleasure of thee in the Lorde: comfort my bowels in the Lorde.

    21Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15And his inwarde affection is more aboundant toward you, when he remembreth the obedience of you all, and howe with feare and trembling ye receiued him.

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.

  • 2 Cor 8:2
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    2Because in great triall of affliction their ioy abounded, and their most extreeme pouertie abounded vnto their rich liberalitie.

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17For asmuch, brethren, as we were kept from you for a season, concerning sight, but not in the heart, we enforced the more to see your face with great desire.

  • Eph 6:22
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    22Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose, that ye might knowe mine affaires, and that he might comfort your hearts.

  • 2 Cor 11:11
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    11Wherefore? because I loue you not? God knoweth.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8For brethren, we woulde not haue you ignorant of our affliction, which came vnto vs in Asia, howe we were pressed out of measure passing strength, so that we altogether doubted, euen of life.

  • Gal 4:15
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    15What was then your felicitie? for I beare you recorde, that if it had bene possible, ye would haue plucked out your owne eyes, and haue giuen them vnto me.

  • Col 4:8
    72%

    8Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that he might know your state, & might comfort your hearts,

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7Therefore, brethren, we had consolation in you, in all our affliction and necessitie through your faith.

  • Rom 15:15
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    15Neuerthelesse, brethren, I haue somewhat boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4Which comforteth vs in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any affliction by the comfort wherewith we our selues are comforted of God.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For what is it, wherein yee were inferiours vnto other Churches, except that I haue not bene slouthfull to your hinderance? forgiue me this wrong.

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

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13I haue many things to write: but I will not with yncke and pen write vnto thee:

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12And the Lord increase you, and make you abound in loue one toward another, and towarde all men, euen as we doe toward you: