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2 Corinthians 7:5-15

5ForevenG2532whenwewerecomeG2064intoMacedoniaΜακεδονίανMakedonianG3109ourfleshσὰρξsarxG4561hadnorelief,butwewereafflictedoneveryside;withoutwerefightings,withinwerefearsG5401.

6Neverthelesshethatcomforteththelowly, evenGodθεὸςtheosG2316,comfortedG3870usbythecomingofTitusΤίτου·TitouG5103;

7andnotbyhiscomingonlyG3440,butalsoκαὶkaiG2532bythecomfortπαρακλήσειparaklēseiG3874wherewithhewascomfortedπαρεκλήθηpareklēthēG3870inyou,whilehetoldusyourlonging,yourmourningὀδυρμόν,odurmonG3602,yourzealζῆλονzēlonG2205forme;sothatIrejoicedχαρῆναι.charēnaiG5463yetmoreμᾶλλονmallonG3123.

8ForthoughImadeyousorrywithmyepistle,Idonotregretit:thoughIdidregretit(forIseeβλέπωblepōG991thatthatepistlemadeyousorry,thoughbutforaseason),

9InowνῦνnunG3568rejoiceχαίρω,chairōG5463,notthatyeweremadesorry,butthatyeweremadesorry untorepentanceμετάνοιαν·metanoianG3341;foryeweremadesorryafteragodlysort,thatyemightsufferζημιωθῆτεzēmiōthēteG2210lossG2210byusinnothingμηδενὶmēdeniG3367.

10ForgodlysorrowG3077workethrepentanceμετάνοιανmetanoianG3341untosalvationσωτηρίανsōtērianG4991,arepentanceG3341whichbringeth noregret:butthesorrowG3077oftheworldκόσμουkosmouG2889workethdeathθάνατονthanatonG2288.

11ForbeholdἰδοὺidouG2400,thisselfsamethingG3778,thatyewereG1510madesorryafteragodlysort,whatearnest careitwroughtinyou, yeawhatclearingofyourselves, yeawhatindignation, yeawhatfearφόβον,phobonG5401, yeawhatlonging, yeawhatzealζῆλον,zēlonG2205, yeawhatavenging!IneverythingπαντὶpantiG3956ye approvedyourselvestobeG1510pureG53inthematterπράγματι.pragmatiG4229.

12SoalthoughIwroteG1125untoyou,IwroteG1125notforhiscausethatdidthewrongἀδικήσαντοςadikēsantosG91,norforhiscausethatsufferedthewrongἀδικηθέντος,adikēthentosG91,butthatyourearnest careforusmightbemadeG5319manifestG5319untoyouinthesightofGodθεοῦ.theouG2316.

13Thereforewehavebeencomfortedπαρακεκλήμεθα.¶parakeklēmethaG3870:andinourcomfortπαρακλήσειparaklēseiG3874wejoyedthemoreG3123exceedinglyforthejoyχαρᾷcharaG5479ofTitusΤίτου,TitouG5103,becausehisspiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151hath beenrefreshedἀναπέπαυταιanapepautaiG373byyouall.

14ForifinanythingτιtiG5100IhavegloriedtohimonyourbehalfG5228,Iwasnotputtoshameκατῃσχύνθην,katēschunthēnG2617;butaswespakeallthingsπάνταpantaG3956toyouintruthἀληθείᾳalētheiaG225,soourgloryingalsoκαὶkaiG2532whichImadebeforeTitusΤίτου,TitouG5103wasfoundtobetruthἀλήθειαalētheiaG225.

15AndhisaffectionσπλάγχναsplagchnaG4698isG1510moreπερισσοτέρωςperissoterōsG4056abundantlytowardyou,whileheremembereththeobedienceὑπακοήν,hupakoēnG5218ofyouall,howὡςhōsG5613withfearφόβουphobouG5401andtremblingyereceivedG1209him.

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