2 Corinthians 7:4-10
New King James Version
4 (A)Great is my boldness of speech toward you, (B)great is my boasting on your behalf. (C)I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
5 For indeed, (D)when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but (E)we were troubled on every side. (F)Outside were conflicts, inside were fears. 6 Nevertheless (G)God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by (H)the coming of Titus, 7 and not only by his coming, but also by the [a]consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.
8 For even if I made you (I)sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; (J)though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while. 9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 10 For (K)godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; (L)but the sorrow of the world produces death.
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- 2 Corinthians 7:7 comfort
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