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2 Corinthians 2:4 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 2 · verse 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.2 Corinthians 2:4 · King James Version
2 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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Key words (Strong's)
- afflictionthlipsisa pressing, pressing together, pressure, metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation…G2347 →
- abundantlyperissoterōsmore abundantly, more in a greater degree, more earnestly, more exceedingly, especially…G4056 →
- anguishsynochēa holding together, a narrowing, the contracting part of a way, metaph. straits…G4928 →
- grievedlypeōto make sorrowful, to affect with sadness, cause grief, to throw into sorrow, to grieve…G3076 →
- heartkardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- wrotegraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
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In these verses, 1. The apostle proceeds in giving an account of the reason why he did not come to Corinth, as was expected; namely, because he was unwilling to grieve them, or be grieved by them, Co2 2:1, Co2 2:2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4