⁸ For though I ^(A)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 ^[a]through us. ¹⁰ For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a ^(B)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 ^(C)longing, what zeal, what ^(D)punishment of wrong! In everything you ^(E)demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter. ¹² So although ^(F)I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of ^(G)the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness in our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God. ¹³ Because of this, we have been ^(H)comforted.

And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of ^(I)Titus, because his ^(J)spirit has been refreshed by you all.