2 Corinthians 2:4

2 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Corinthians 12:15; 2 Corinthians 7:12; 2 Corinthians 7:8; 2 Corinthians 7:9; Jeremiah 13:15-17; Leviticus 19:17; Leviticus 19:18; Luke 19:41-44; Philippians 3:18; Proverbs 27:5; Proverbs 27:6; Psalms 119:136; Romans 9:2; Romans 9:3

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For out of much affliction - Possibly Paul’s enemies had charged him with being harsh and overbearing. They may have said that there was much nee...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 to 2 Corinthians 2:4 . Paul now states the real and sufficient reason for his apparent vacillation. He had already paid a visit...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

out of . Greek. ek . App-104. affliction. Greek. thlipeis , as in 2 Corinthians 1:4 . anguish . straitening, or distress. Greek. sunoche ....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. For out of much affliction Here he brings forward another reason with the view of softening the harshness which he had employed. For thos...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 whic...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And anguish of heart— Over-bearing anguish seems the import of the word συνοχη, which nearly resembles the verb συνεχει, ch. 2 Corinthians 5:14...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) 2:8-13. The Object and Results of the severe Letter The Apostle reminds them that to produce this godly sorrow was the object of the letter...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Out of much affliction and anguish. — Men might think that it had cost him little to write sharp words like those which he has in his mind. He reme...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 A PASTOR'S HEART. 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4 (R.V) WHEN Paul came to the end of the paragraph in which he defends...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Tender-hearted and Forgiving 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 In these opening words Paul evidently refers to the sin mentioned in...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

What a remarkable light is thrown on his first letter by his declaration that he wrote it "out of much affliction and anguish of heart," and "with ma...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. (2) For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me gl...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart ,.... Being greatly pressed in his spirit, and grieved at his heart, for the abominable iniquities a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 whic...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart The word συνοχης, here rendered anguish , “denotes the pain which a person feels, who is pressed o...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

These first few verses are a continuation of chapter 1. Paul had purposed that he would not come to the Corinthians "in heaviness," and for this reas...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul Expresses His Affection. A. D. 57. 1 Bu...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Every man that deriveth from God, is in this made partaker of the Divine nature, that like as God doth not grieve willingly, nor willingly afflict th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES ( N.B .— The paragraph really begins at 2 Corinthians 1:23 .) 2 Corinthians 1:1 . Determined .—As in 1 Corinthians 2:2 . For...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:1 . But I determined that I would not come again to you in heaviness; but rather wait till the late scandal should subside. The of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Continuation of his reasons for not coming to them direct from Ephesus ( 2 Corinthians 2:1-47 ). Their treatment of the incestuous of...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Apostolic Kindness. Paul continues his explanation:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 whi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

From much anguish I wrote to you, not so much that ye might be grieved, as that ye might know by my faithful admonition my abundant love toward you...

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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 2:4