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 [a]through us. 10 For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a (A)repentance [b]without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death. 11 For behold what earnestness this very thing, this [c]godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what (B)longing, what zeal, what (C)punishment of wrong! In everything you (D)demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 7:9 Lit from
  2. 2 Corinthians 7:10 Or leading to a salvation without regret
  3. 2 Corinthians 7:11 Lit sorrow according to God

yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation(A) and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 11 See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern,(B) what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

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