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2 Corinthians 7
2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no
man, we have defrauded no man.
3 I speak not this to
condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts
to die and live with you.
4 Great is my boldness of
speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with
comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
5
For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest,
but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings,
within were fears.
6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth
those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation
wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest
desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I
rejoiced the more.
8 For though I made you sorry with a
letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive
that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but
for a season.
9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made
sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made
sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us
in nothing.
10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to
salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world
worketh death.
11 For behold this selfsame thing, that
ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in
you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation,
yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea,
what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be
clear in this matter.
12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto
you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for
his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the
sight of God might appear unto you.
13 Therefore we were
comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed
we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you
all.
14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I
am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even
so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you,
whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear
and trembling ye received him.
16 I rejoice therefore
that I have confidence in you in all things.
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