2 Corinthians 2:4 (WEB)
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.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
“And the words of him who gives these admonitions, are at one time, “What is my hope or joy? are not even ye?”at another, “Now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord;”at another, “Out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you;”and, “Who is weak, and I am not weak?” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 4.
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Jerome
“And Paul wept for the Corinthians who refused to wash out with their tears the stains of fornication.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 4.
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