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1 Therefore having these declarations, dearly let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Receive us; we injured none, we corrupted none, we took advantage of none. 3 I speak not to condemnation: for I have said before, ye are in our hearts to die together, and live together. 4 Much freedom of speech to me toward you; to me much boasting over you: I am filled with consolation, I superabound in joy in all your pressure. 5 For also, we having come to Macedonia, our flesh had no relaxation, but pressed in everything; without conflicts, within fears. 6 But God, comforting the humble, comforted us in the arrival of Titus; 7 And not only in his arrival, but also in the comfort which he was comforted in you, announcing to us your anxious desire, your lamentations, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced the more. 8 For if I also grieved you in the epistle, I regret not, and if I did regret: for I see that that epistle, if also for a time, grieved you. 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved, but that ye were grieved to repentance: for ye were grieved according to God, that ye be injured in nothing by us. 2 Corinthians 7:1-9, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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