Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 7
{7:1} Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness
in the fear of God. {7:2} Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one.
We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one. {7:3} I say this not
to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to
die together and live together. {7:4} Great is my boldness of speech
toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with
comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction. {7:5} For even
when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were
afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.
{7:6} Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by
the coming of Titus; {7:7} and not by his coming only, but also by the
comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your
longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still
more.
{7:8} For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret
it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry,
though just for a while. {7:9} I now rejoice, not that you were made
sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made
sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
{7:10} For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no
regret. But the sorrow of the world works death. {7:11} For behold,
this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest
care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing,
zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be
pure in the matter. {7:12} So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for
his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the
wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in
the sight of God. {7:13} Therefore we have been comforted. In our
comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because
his spirit has been refreshed by you all. {7:14} For if in anything I
have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we
spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made
before Titus was found to be truth. {7:15} His affection is more
abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how
with fear and trembling you received him. {7:16} I rejoice that in
everything I am confident concerning you.
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