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2 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2:4

Reaffirm Your Love · 2 Corinthians 2:1–11
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Translations

Modern
For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
Traditional
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.
Literal
For out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you through many tears, not that you might be grieved, but that you might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.
Latin
Nam ex multa tribulatione et angustia cordis scripsi vobis per multas lacrimas: non ut contristemini, sed ut sciatis, quam caritatem habeam abundantius in vobis.

Original

Greek
English
For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

Notes

2 Corinthians 2:3–4

After his painful visit (2:1), Paul wrote a letter with great anguish and many tears. It was meant for the Corinthians' benefit. That letter (see also 7:8–10) seems to have been lost. However, it effectively brought about the needed repentance and change.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Titus

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Grief Second Letter to the Corinthians Third Corinthians

Topics

Church: Government of, Mosaic and Christian Love: Exemplification of the Love of Man for Man