2 Corinthians 7:1-9 ▼

1 Therefore having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all the filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Receive us: we have injured no one, we have corrupted no one, we have defrauded no one.

3 I do not speak for castigation: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die with you and to live with you.

4 My boldness to you is great, my rejoicing over you is much: I have been filled with consolation, I superabound with joy in all our tribulation.

5 For we having come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but in everything being troubled; fightings without, fears within.

6 But God, the one comforting the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

7 and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted by you, proclaiming unto us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced the more.

8 But if I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret it, if indeed I did regret it; for I see that, if that letter indeed grieved you for an hour,

9 now I rejoice, not because you grieved, but because you grieved unto repentance: for you grieved toward God, in order that you may receive damage by us in nothing.