New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Corinthians 7:9-16
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 1through us. 10For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a 2repentance 3without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death. 11For behold what earnestness this very thing, this 4godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what 5longing, what zeal, what 6avenging of wrong! In everything you 7demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter. 12So although 8I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of 9the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness on our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God. 13For this reason we have been 10comforted.
And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of 11Titus, because his 12spirit has been refreshed by you all. 14For if in anything I have 13boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting before 14Titus proved to be the truth. 15His 15affection abounds all the more toward you, as he remembers the 16obedience of you all, how you received him with 17fear and trembling. 16I rejoice that in everything 18I have confidence in you.
Notes
- 1. 2 Corinthians 7:9 Lit from ↩
- 2. 2 Corinthians 7:10 Acts 11:18 ↩
- 3. 2 Corinthians 7:10 Or leading to a salvation without regret ↩
- 4. 2 Corinthians 7:11 Lit sorrow according to God ↩
- 5. 2 Corinthians 7:11 2 Cor 7:7 ↩
- 6. 2 Corinthians 7:11 2 Cor 2:6 ↩
- 7. 2 Corinthians 7:11 Rom 3:5 ↩
- 8. 2 Corinthians 7:12 2 Cor 2:3, 9; 7:8 ↩
- 9. 2 Corinthians 7:12 1 Cor 5:1f ↩
- 10. 2 Corinthians 7:13 2 Cor 7:6 ↩
- 11. 2 Corinthians 7:13 2 Cor 2:13; 7:6, 14 ↩
- 12. 2 Corinthians 7:13 1 Cor 16:18 ↩
- 13. 2 Corinthians 7:14 2 Cor 7:4; 8:24; 9:2f; 10:8; Phil 1:26; 2 Thess 1:4 ↩
- 14. 2 Corinthians 7:14 2 Cor 2:13; 7:6, 13 ↩
- 15. 2 Corinthians 7:15 Lit inward parts ↩
- 16. 2 Corinthians 7:15 2 Cor 2:9 ↩
- 17. 2 Corinthians 7:15 1 Cor 2:3; Phil 2:12 ↩
- 18. 2 Corinthians 7:16 2 Cor 2:3 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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