2 Corinthians 7:1-9 ▼

1 Therefore having these promises, beloved, we should cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Make room for us. We wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one.

3 I do not speak for condemnation; for I have before said that you⁺ are in our hearts for us to die together and to live together.

4 Much is my boldness toward you⁺; much is my boasting on behalf of you⁺; I have been filled with encouragement; I overabound with joy upon all our tribulation.

5 For also of our having come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest; but we are being pressed in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears within.

6 But God, the One comforting the downcast, comforted us in the coming of Titus,

7 and not only in his coming, but also in the comfort with which he was comforted over you⁺, declaring to us your⁺ longing, your⁺ mourning, your⁺ zeal for me, so as for me to rejoice the more.

8 For if also I grieved you⁺ in the letter, I do not regret it—even if I did regret it; for I see that the letter grieved you⁺, that even if for an hour.

9 Now I rejoice, not that you⁺ were grieved, but that you⁺ were grieved unto repentance. For you⁺ were grieved according to God, so that you⁺ might suffer loss in nothing through us.