2 Corinthians Chapter 7
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.
7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have
defrauded no man.
7:3 I speak not
this
to condemn
you
: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with
you
.
7:4 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.
7:5 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.
7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by
the coming of Titus;
7:7 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.
7:8 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.
7:9 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.
7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of:
but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
7:11 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.
7:12 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.
7:13 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.
7:14 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.
7:15 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.
7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all
things.