Sept. 27
2 Corinthians 7
2Co 7:1 Having
therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all
defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of
God.
2Co 7:2 Open your
hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took
advantage of no one.
2Co 7:3 I say this not
to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to
die together and live together.
2Co 7:4 Great is my
boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I
am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
2Co 7:5 For even when
we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were
afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.
2Co 7:6 Nevertheless,
he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
2Co 7:7 and not by his
coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in
you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal
for me; so that I rejoiced still more.
2Co 7:8 For though I
made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did
regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a
while.
2Co 7:9 I now rejoice,
not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to
repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might
suffer loss by us in nothing.
2Co 7:10 For godly
sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the
sorrow of the world works death.
2Co 7:11 For behold,
this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what
earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear,
longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated
yourselves to be pure in the matter.
2Co 7:12 So although I
wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for
his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us
might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
2Co 7:13 Therefore we
have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly
for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you
all.
2Co 7:14 For if in
anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not
disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our
glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
2Co 7:15 His affection
is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your
obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.
2Co 7:16 I rejoice that
in everything I am of good courage concerning you.