Bible, King James Version
2_Corinthians
2Cor.7
[1] Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let
us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
[2] Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted
no man, we have defrauded no man.
[3] I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said
before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
[4] Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my
glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful
in all our tribulation.
[5] For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had
no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were
fightings, within were fears.
[6] Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast
down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
[7] And not by his coming only, but by the consolation
wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest
desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I
rejoiced the more.
[8] For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not
repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle
hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
[9] Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that
ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly
manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
[10] For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not
to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
[11] For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed
after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what
clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear,
yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In
all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this
matter.
[12] Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for
his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that
suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God
might appear unto you.
[13] Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and
exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his
spirit was refreshed by you all.
[14] For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am
not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so
our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
[15] And his inward affection is more abundant toward you,
whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and
trembling ye received him.
[16] I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in
all things.
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