2 Corinthians 7:2-10

New American Standard Bible 1995

^2 (A)Make room for us in your hearts; we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one. ³ I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said ^(B)before that you are ^(C)in our hearts to die together and to live together. ⁴ Great is my ^(D)confidence ^[a]in you; great is my ^(E)boasting on your behalf. I am filled with ^(F)comfort; I am overflowing with ^(G)joy in all our affliction.

⁵ For even when we came into ^(H)Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were ^(I)afflicted on every side: ^(J)conflicts without, fears within. ⁶ But ^(K)God, who comforts the ^[b]depressed, ^(L)comforted us by the coming of ^(M)Titus; ⁷ and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more. ⁸ For though I ^(N)caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it—for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while— ⁹ I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything ^[c]through us. ¹⁰ For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a ^(O)repentance ^[d]without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.