2 Corinthians 2:4

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.

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2 For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?

3 I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.

4 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.

5 Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

6 The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.

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2 Corinthians 2:4 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: 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.
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.
DBY Darby Translation: For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.
WBS Webster Bible: For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly to you.