2 Corinthians 7:8-13
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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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So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one a who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
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Therefore b we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit c has been refreshed by you all.
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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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1 Corinthians 5:1 - 2
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife.
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2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus.
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Romans 15:32
So that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.
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