"For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but tha…" — 2 Corinthians 2:4

2 Corinthians 2:4 · KJV

“For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.”

— 2 Corinthians 2:4

Verse 3

And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is {the joy} of you all.

Verse 5

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

2 Corinthians 2 — Context

For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is {the joy} of you all.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

Sufficient to such a man {is} this punishment, which {was inflicted} of many. {punishment: or, censure}

Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:12

Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, {I did it} not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

Proverbs 27:5-6

Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.

Leviticus 19:17-18

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. {and...: or, that thou bear not sin for him}

Luke 19:41-44

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

Philippians 3:18

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, {that they are} the enemies of the cross of Christ:

2 Corinthians 7:8-9

For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though {it were} but for a season.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present {you as} a chaste virgin to Christ.

Psalms 119:136

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.