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2 Corinthians 7:2-16 — Paul's Joy at the Church's Repentance

2Cor.7.2-16

²Make room for us. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, taken advantage of no one. ³I do not say this to condemn you; for I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. ⁴I have great confidence in you; I have great boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort; I overflow with joy in all our affliction. ⁵For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted in every way: conflicts outside, fears within. ⁶But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, ⁷and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted because of you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more. ⁸For even if I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it—though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while— ⁹now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repentance. For you were grieved as God intended, so that you might suffer no loss through us. ¹⁰For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow produces death. ¹¹For see what earnestness this very grief as God intended has produced in you: what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what readiness for justice. In every way you proved yourselves innocent in the matter. ¹²So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but so that your earnestness for us might be made plain to you before God. ¹³For this reason we have been comforted. And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you. ¹⁴For if I have boasted anything to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus proved true. ¹⁵And his affections are even more abundant toward you as he remembers the obedience of all of you, how you received him with fear and trembling. ¹⁶I rejoice that in everything I am confident in you.

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4/11/2026

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