Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians (WEB)
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. 7:2Open your hearts to us. We wronged no
one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one. 7:3I say this not to condemn you, for I
have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together. 7:4Great 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. 7:5For 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.
7:6Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7:7and not
by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us
your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more. 7:8For 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. 7:9I 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. 7:10For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret.
But the sorrow of the world works death. 7:11For 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. 7:12So
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.
7:13Therefore 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. 7:14For if in anything I have boasted to
him on your behalf, I was not put to shame. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our
glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth. 7:15His affection is more abundantly
toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received
him. 7:16I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.