2Cor 2:4 Cross References

2 Corinthians 2:4

4: How painful it was to write that letter! Heartbroken, I cried over it. I didn't want to hurt you, but I wanted you to know how very much I love you.

2 Corinthians 7:12

  1. My purpose was not to write about who did the wrong or who was wronged. I wrote to you so that in the sight of God you could show how much you really do care for us.

Proverbs 27:5

  1. An open rebuke is better than hidden love!
  2. Wounds from a friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.

2 Corinthians 11:2

  1. I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. For I promised you as a pure bride to one husband, Christ.

Luke 19:41

  1. But as they came closer to Jerusalem and Jesus saw the city ahead, he began to cry.
  2. "I wish that even today you would find the way of peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from you.
  3. Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you.
  4. They will crush you to the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you have rejected the opportunity God offered you."

Philippians 3:18

  1. For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ.

2 Corinthians 7:8

  1. I am no longer sorry that I sent that letter to you, though I was sorry for a time, for I know that it was painful to you for a little while.
  2. Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to have remorse and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way.

2 Corinthians 12:15

  1. I will gladly spend myself and all I have for your spiritual good, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me.

Leviticus 19:17

  1. "Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives. "Confront your neighbors directly so you will not be held guilty for their crimes.
  2. "Never seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Jeremiah 13:15

  1. Listen! Do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken.
  2. Give glory to the LORD your God before it is too late. Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you, causing you to stumble and fall on the dark mountains. For then, when you look for light, you will find only terrible darkness.
  3. And if you still refuse to listen, I will weep alone because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears because the LORD's flock will be led away into exile.

Psalms 119:136

  1. Rivers of tears gush from my eyes because people disobey your law.

Romans 9:2

  1. My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief
  2. for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed--cut off from Christ!--if that would save them.
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