⁹ Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad,^[a] but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended,^[b] so that you were not harmed^[c] in any way by us. ¹⁰ For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death. ¹¹ For see what this very thing, this sadness^[d] as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves,^[e] what indignation,^[f] what alarm, what longing, what deep concern,^[g] what punishment!^[h] In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.