7:8 7:8

2 Corinthians 7:9

7:10 7:10

Bible Versions

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
Now {G3568} I rejoice {G5463}, not {G3756} that {G3754} ye were made sorry {G3076}, but {G235} that {G3754} ye sorrowed {G3076} to {G1519} repentance {G3341}: for {G1063} ye were made sorry {G3076} after {G2596} a godly manner {G2316}, that {G2443} ye might receive damage {G2210} by {G1537} us {G2257} in {G1722} nothing {G3367}.
now I rejoice not because you were pained, but because the pain led you to turn back to God. For you handled the pain in God’s way, so that you were not harmed by us at all.
And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing.
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