2 Corinthians 2:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

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  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 If, then, I also wrote to you -- not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God --
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 for many walk of whom many times I told you -- and now also weeping tell -- the enemies of the cross of the Christ!
  • Lev 19:17-18 : 17 `Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him. 18 `Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I `am' Jehovah.
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!
  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Better `is' open reproof than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
  • Jer 13:15-17 : 15 Hear, and give ear -- be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken. 16 Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed `it' for thick darkness. 17 And if ye do not hear it, In secret places doth my soul weep, because of pride, Yea, it weepeth sore, And the tear cometh down mine eyes, For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive.
  • Luke 19:41-44 : 41 And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it, 42 saying -- `If thou didst know, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they were hid from thine eyes. 43 `Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side, 44 and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'
  • Rom 9:2-3 : 2 that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart -- 3 for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ -- for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,
  • 2 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not repent -- if even I did repent -- for I perceive that the letter, even if for an hour, did make you sorry. 9 I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 2:1-3
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    1And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,

    2for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?

    3and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

  • 2 Cor 2:5
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    5And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3not to condemn you do I say `it', for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;

    4great `is' my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,

  • Phil 2:26-28
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    26seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because ye heard that he ailed,

    27for he also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have.

    28The more eagerly, therefore, I did send him, that having seen him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful;

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

    8Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit --

  • 2 Cor 2:7-9
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    7so that, on the contrary, `it is' rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

    8wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

    9for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.

  • Rom 9:2
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    2that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart --

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.

  • Col 2:1-2
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    1For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

    2that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled,

  • 2 Cor 7:7-9
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    7and not only in his presence, but also in the comfort with which he was comforted over you, declaring to us your longing desire, your lamentation, your zeal for me, so that the more I did rejoice,

    8because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not repent -- if even I did repent -- for I perceive that the letter, even if for an hour, did make you sorry.

    9I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us;

  • Phil 1:7-9
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    7according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and `in' the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

    8For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

    9and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

  • Phil 1:26
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    26that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again to you.

  • 2 Cor 7:11-12
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    11for, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

    12If, then, I also wrote to you -- not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God --

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12Many things having to write to you, I did not intend through paper and ink, but I hope to come unto you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full;

  • Phil 2:18
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    18because of this do ye also rejoice and joy with me.

  • 1 Thess 2:8
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    8so being desirous of you, we are well-pleased to impart to you not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because beloved ye have become to us,

  • Phlm 1:20-21
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    20Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;

    21having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15and his tender affection is more abundantly toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye did receive him;

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

  • 2 Cor 8:2
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    2because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17And we, brethren, having been taken from you for the space of an hour -- in presence, not in heart -- did hasten the more abundantly to see your face in much desire,

  • Eph 6:22
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    22whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that ye might know the things concerning us, and that he might comfort your hearts.

  • 2 Cor 11:11
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    11wherefore? because I do not love you? God hath known!

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above `our' power, so that we despaired even of life;

  • Gal 4:15
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    15what then was your happiness? for I testify to you, that if possible, your eyes having plucked out, ye would have given to me;

  • Col 4:8
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    8whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that he might know the things concerning you, and might comfort your hearts,

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known `it';

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7because of this we were comforted, brethren, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,

  • Rom 15:15
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    15and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God,

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13for what is there in which ye were inferior to the rest of the assemblies, except that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this injustice!

  • Gal 6:11
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    11Ye see in how large letters I have written to you with my own hand;

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,