2 Corinthians 7:8

For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though [it were] but for a season.

For {G3754} though {G1499} I made {G3076} you {G5209} sorry {G3076} with {G1722} a letter {G1992}, I do {G3338} not {G3756} repent {G3338}, though {G1499} I did repent {G3338}: for {G1063} I perceive {G991} that {G3754} the same {G1565} epistle {G1992} hath made {G3076} you {G5209} sorry {G3076}, though it were but {G1499} for {G4314} a season {G5610}.

If I caused you pain by my letter, I do not regret it. Even if I did regret it before — for I do see that that letter did distress you, though only for a short time —

Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.

For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret it (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 3:19 (3 votes)

    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • John 16:6 (2 votes)

    But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

  • Matthew 26:21 (2 votes)

    And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

  • Matthew 26:22 (2 votes)

    And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

  • 2 Corinthians 7:6 (2 votes)

    Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

  • Hebrews 12:9 (2 votes)

    Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • Hebrews 12:11 (2 votes)

    Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.