II Corinthians 2:4
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Corinthians 2:4 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
I wrote to you in sore trouble and distress of heart and with many tears, not to give you pain, but to let you see how intense a love I have for you.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn aus vieler Drangsal und Herzensangst schrieb ich euch mit vielen Tränen, nicht auf daß ihr traurig gemacht werden solltet, sondern auf daß ihr die Liebe erkennen möchtet, die ich überschwenglicher zu euch habe.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque por la mucha tribulación y angustia del corazón os escribí con muchas lágrimas; no para que fueseis contristados, mas para que supieseis cuánto más amor tengo para con vosotros.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque em muita aflição e angústia de coração eu vos escrevi com muitas lágrimas, não para que vos entristecêsseis, mas para que entendêsseis o amor que tenho em abundância para convosco.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Pois vos escrevi em grande aflição, com angústia de coração, e com muitas lágrimas. Eu não queria vos causar dor; em vez disso, queria que Conhecêsseis a profundidade do amor que tenho por vós.
📖 II Corinthians 2:4 in Context
2For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
3And 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.
4For 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.
5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
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