2 Corinthians 7:8-11
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For u even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it - though v I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.
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As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but w because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.
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For x godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas y worldly grief produces death.
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For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, z what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
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Cross References
2 Corinthians 2:2
For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
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2 Corinthians 2:4
For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
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Psalms 38:18
I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
1 Corinthians 5:2
And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
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2 Samuel 12:13
David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.
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Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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2 Corinthians 2:6
For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough.
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