2 Corinthians 2:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For in greate trouble and anguysh of hert wrote I vnto you with many teares: not yt ye shulde be sory, but that ye mighte perceaue the loue, which I haue most specially vnto you.

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  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 Wherfore though I wrote vnto you, yet is it not done for his cause that dyd hurte, nether for his cause that was hurte, but that youre diligence (which ye haue for vs in the sighte of God) mighte be manifest wt you.
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am gelous ouer you wt godly gelousy. For I haue maried you vnto one ma, to brynge a chaste virgin vnto Christ.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 I wil very gladly bestowe, and wyl be bestowed for youre soules: though ye more I loue you, the lesse am I loued agayne.
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walke (off whom I haue tolde you often, but now I tell you wepynge) eue enemies of the crosse of Christ,
  • Lev 19:17-18 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine hert, but shalt tell yi neghboure his faute, that thou beare not synne for his sake. 18 Thou shalt not auenge thy self, ner beare euell will agaynst the childre of thy people. Thou shalt loue thy neghboure, as thy self: for I am the LORDE.
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Myne eyes gusshe out with water, because men kepe not thy lawe.
  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 An open rebuke is better, then a secrete loue. 6 Faithfull are the woundes of a louer, but ye kysses of an enemie are disceatfull.
  • Jer 13:15-17 : 15 Be obedient, geue eare, take no di?dayne at it, for it is the LORDE himself that speaketh. 16 Honoure ye LORDE youre God herein, or he take his light from you, and or euer youre fete stomble in darknesse at ye hill: lest whe ye loke for the light, he turne it in to ye shadowe and darknesse of death. 17 But yf ye wil not heare me, that geue you secrete warnynge, I will mourne fro my whole herte for youre stubburnesse. Piteously will I wepe, and the teares shall gushe out of myne eyes. For the LORDES flocke shal be caried awaye captiue.
  • Luke 19:41-44 : 41 And whan he was come neare, he behelde the cite, and wepte vpo it, 42 and sayde: Yf thou knewest what were for yi peace, thou shuldest remebre it euen in this present daye of thine. But now is it hyd from thine eyes. 43 For the tyme shal come vpon the, that thine enimies shal cast vp a bake aboute the, and aboute thy children with the, and besege ye, and kepe the in on euery syde, 44 and make the eauen with the grounde, and shal not leaue in the one stone vpon another, because thou hast not knowne ye tyme, wherin thou hast bene visited.
  • Rom 9:2-3 : 2 that I haue greate heuynesse & contynuall sorowe in my hert. 3 I haue wysshed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren, that are my kynsmen after the flesh,
  • 2 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 For where as I made you sory by the letter, it repenteth me not, though I dyd repete. For I se, that the same epistle made you sory (though it were but for a ceason). 9 But now I reioyce, not that ye were sory, but that ye were sory to repentaunce. For ye sorowed godly, so that in nothinge ye were hurte by vs.

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  • 2 Cor 2:1-3
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    1But I determyned this wt my selfe, that I wolde not come agayne to you in heuynes.

    2For yf I make you sory, who is it that shal make me glad, but the same which is made sory by me?

    3And the same haue I wrytten vnto you, lest wha I come, I shulde take heuynes of them, of whom I oughte to reioyse: for somoch as I haue this confidence in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

  • 2 Cor 2:5
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    5But yf eny man haue caused sorowe, the same hath not made me sory, but partely, lest I shulde greue you all.

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3I speake not this to codemne you, for I haue shewed you before, that ye are in oure hertes, to dye and to lyue wt you.

    4I am very bolde towarde you, I make moch boost of you, I am fylled with comforte, I am exceadynge ioyous in all oure tribulacion.

  • Phil 2:26-28
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    26for so moch as he longed after you all, and was full of heuynes, because ye had herde that he was sicke.

    27And no doute he was sicke, and that nye vnto death: but God had mercy on him, and not on him onely, but on me also, lest I shulde haue had sorowe vpon sorowe.

    28I haue sent him therfore the more haistely, that ye mighte se him, and reioyce agayne, and that I also mighte haue the lesse sorowe.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7Greate ioye and consolacion haue I in thy loue. For by the (brother) the sayntes are hertely refresshed.

    8Wherfore though I haue great boldnes in Christ to commaunde the that which becommeth the,

  • 2 Cor 2:7-9
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    7so that from hence forth ye oughte the more to forgeue him and to comforte him, lest he be swalowed vp in ouer moch heuynesse.

    8Wherfore I exhorte you, that ye shewe loue vpo him.

    9For therfore dyd I wryte vnto you also, that I mighte knowe the profe of you, whether ye were obediet in all thinges.

  • Rom 9:2
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    2that I haue greate heuynesse & contynuall sorowe in my hert.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15I wil very gladly bestowe, and wyl be bestowed for youre soules: though ye more I loue you, the lesse am I loued agayne.

  • Col 2:1-2
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    1I wolde ye knewe what fightinge I haue for youre sakes, and for them of Laodicea, and for as many as haue not sene my personne in the flesh,

    2that their hertes mighte be comforted and knytt together in loue, to all riches of full vnderstodinge, which is in the knowlege of the mystery of God the father and of Christ,

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4and longe to se the (whan I remembre thy teares) so that I am fylled with ioye,

  • 2 Cor 7:7-9
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    7Not onely by his commynge, but also by the cosolacion wherwith he was coforted of you, whan he tolde vs yor desyre, youre wepynge, yor feruet mynde for me, so yt I now reioyse ye more.

    8For where as I made you sory by the letter, it repenteth me not, though I dyd repete. For I se, that the same epistle made you sory (though it were but for a ceason).

    9But now I reioyce, not that ye were sory, but that ye were sory to repentaunce. For ye sorowed godly, so that in nothinge ye were hurte by vs.

  • Phil 1:7-9
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    7as it becommeth me to iudge of you all, because I haue you in my hert, as those that are partakers with me of grace in my bondes, in defendinge and stablyshinge of the Gospell.

    8For God is my recorde, how I loge after you all euen fro the very hert rote in Iesus Christ.

    9And for the same I praye, yt yor loue maye increace more & more in all maner of knowlege and in all experience,

  • Phil 1:26
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    26that ye maye abundauntly reioyse in Christ Iesu thorow me, by my comynge to you agayne.

  • 2 Cor 7:11-12
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    11Beholde, where as ye haue had godly sorowe, what diligence hath it wrought in you? Yee a sufficiet answere, displeasure, feare, desyre, a feruet mynde, punyshment. For in all poyntes ye haue shewed youre selues, that ye are cleare in that matter.

    12Wherfore though I wrote vnto you, yet is it not done for his cause that dyd hurte, nether for his cause that was hurte, but that youre diligence (which ye haue for vs in the sighte of God) mighte be manifest wt you.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12I had many thinges to wryte vnto you: neuertheles I wolde not wryte wt papyre and ynke, but I trust to come vnto you, and to speake with you mouth mouth, that oure ioye maye be full.

  • Phil 2:18
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    18be ye glad also, and reioyce ye with me.

  • 1 Thess 2:8
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    8euen so had we hartely affeccion towarde you, and wolde with good wyl haue dealte vnto you, not onely the Gospell of God, but oure lyues also, because ye were deare vnto vs.

  • Phlm 1:20-21
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    20Euen so brother, let me enioye the in the LORDE: refresh thou my hert in the LORDE.

    21Trustinge in thine obediece, I haue wrytten vnto the, for I knowe that thou wilt do more then I saye.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15And his inwarde affeccion is more abundaunt towarde you, whan he remembreth the obedience of you all, how ye receaued him with feare and treblynge.

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8This I saye not as commaudynge, but seynge, other are so diligent, I proue youre loue also, whether it be perfecte or no.

  • 2 Cor 8:2
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    2For their reioysinge was most abundaunt, whan they were tryed by moch trouble: & though they were exceadinge poore, yet haue they geue exceadinge richely, and that in synglenesse.

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17But we (brethren) for as moch as we haue bene kepte from you for a season, as concernynge the bodely presence, but not in the hert, we haue haisted the more with greate desyre to se you personally.

  • Eph 6:22
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    22whom I haue sent vnto you for the same cause, that ye mighte knowe what case I stonde in, and that he mighte comforte youre hertes.

  • 2 Cor 11:11
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    11Wherfore? because I shulde not loue you? God knoweth.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8Brethren we wolde not haue you ignoraunt of oure trouble, which happened vnto vs in Asia, for we were greued out off measure passynge strength, so that we euen dispared of life,

  • Gal 4:15
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    15How happy were ye then? For I beare you recorde, that yf it had bene possible, ye had plucked out youre awne eyes, and geue them vnto me.

  • Col 4:8
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    8Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose, that he mighte knowe how ye do, & that he mighte comforte youre hertes,

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4And whan we were with you, we tolde you before, that we shulde suffre tribulacion, euen as it is come to passe, & as ye knowe.)

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7therfore brethren we haue consolacion in you in all oure trouble and necessite thorow youre faith.

  • Rom 15:15
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    15Neuertheles (brethre) I haue somwhat more boldly wrytten vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembraunce, for the grace that is geue me of God,

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4which comforteth vs in all oure trouble: in so moch yt we are able to comforte them that are in eny maner of trouble, with the same comforte wher with we oure selues are comforted of God.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For what is it, wherin ye are inferiours to the other congregacions? excepte it be yt I haue not bene greuous vnto you.Forgeue me this wroge.

  • Gal 6:11
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    11Beholde, with how many wordes I haue wrytten vnto you with myne awne hande.

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13I had many thinges to wryte, but I wolde not with ynke, and pen wryte vnto the.

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12But the LORDE increace you, & make you flowe ouer in loue one towarde another, and towarde all men (euen as we do towarde you)