2 Corinthians 7:8-13

English Standard Version

⁸For ^(A)even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it—though ^(B)I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. ⁹As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but ^(C)because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

¹⁰For ^(D)godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas ^(E)worldly grief produces death. ¹¹For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, ^(F)what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter. ¹²So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one ^(G)who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God. ¹³Therefore ^(H)we are comforted.

And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit ^(I)has been refreshed by you all.

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2 Corinthians 7:8-13

New American Standard Bible

⁸For 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— ⁹I 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. ¹⁰For 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. ¹¹For 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. ¹²So 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. ¹³Because of this, we have been ^(H)comforted.