2 Corinthians 7

New King James Version

The Corinthians’ Repentance

7 Therefore,^(A)having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

The Corinthians’ Repentance

² Openyour heartsto us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one,^(B)we have cheated no one.³ I do not saythisto condemn; for^(C)I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.^4 (D)Greatismy boldness of speech toward you,^(E)greatismy boasting on your behalf.^(F)I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

⁵ For indeed,^(G)when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but^(H)we were troubled on every side.^(I)Outsidewereconflicts, insidewerefears.⁶ Nevertheless^(J)God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by^(K)the coming of Titus,⁷ and not only by his coming, but also by the^[a]consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

⁸ For even if I made you^(L)sorry with my letter, I do not regret it;^(M)though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while.⁹ Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.¹⁰ For^(N)godly sorrow produces repentanceleadingto salvation, not to be regretted;^(O)but the sorrow of the world produces death.¹¹ For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you,what^(P)clearingof yourselves, whatindignation,whatfear,whatvehement desire,whatzeal,whatvindication! In allthingsyou proved yourselves to be^(Q)clear in this matter.¹² Therefore, although I wrote to you,I didnotdo itfor the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong,^(R)but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.

The Joy of Titus

¹³ Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort. And we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit^(S)has been refreshed by you all.¹⁴ For if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I am not ashamed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting to Titus was found true.¹⁵ And his affections are greater for you as he remembers^(T)the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.¹⁶ Therefore I rejoice that^(U)I have confidence in you in everything.