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2 Corinthians 7:1 (show verse)
Having therefore these promises, beloved friends, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of body and of spirit, and secure perfect holiness through the fear of God.
Adoption » Should lead to holiness
Cleanness » What to cleanse yourself from
Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual encouraged
Christian conduct » Perfecting holiness
Godly Fear » Necessary to » Perfecting holiness
God » Promises of characteristics of » Grounded in Christ
God's Promises » God's, characteristics of » Grounded in Christ
Holiness » Saints » Should seek perfection in
Perfection » Exhortation to
Privileges of saints » Having » The promises of God
The promises of God » Subjects of » Adoption
The promises of God » Should lead to perfecting holiness
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Encouraged
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
Cleanness » What to cleanse yourself from
Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual encouraged
Christian conduct » Perfecting holiness
Godly Fear » Necessary to » Perfecting holiness
God » Promises of characteristics of » Grounded in Christ
God's Promises » God's, characteristics of » Grounded in Christ
Holiness » Saints » Should seek perfection in
Perfection » Exhortation to
Privileges of saints » Having » The promises of God
The promises of God » Subjects of » Adoption
The promises of God » Should lead to perfecting holiness
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Encouraged
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
2 Corinthians 7:2 (show verse)
Make room for us in your hearts. There is not one of you whom we have wronged, not one to whom we have done harm, not one over whom we have gained any selfish advantage.
2 Corinthians 7:3 (show verse)
I do not say this to imply blame, for, as I have already said, you have such a place in our hearts that we would die with you or live with you.
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2 Corinthians 7:4 (show verse)
I have great confidence in you: very loudly do I boast of you. I am filled with comfort: my heart overflows with joy amid all our affliction.
2 Corinthians 7:5 (show verse)
For even after our arrival in Macedonia we could get no relief such as human nature craves. We were greatly harassed; there were conflicts without and fears within.
2 Corinthians 7:6 (show verse)
But He who comforts the depressed--even God-- comforted us by the coming of Titus, and not by his coming only,
Afflicted saints » God comforts
Comfort » God as the giver of
Consolation under Affliction » God is the author and giver of
God's Promises » Of comfort » God as the giver of
Titus » Paul's affection for
Titus » Paul's love for
Titus » With paul in macedonia (see postscript to 2co)
War » Figurative » Comforted by God in
Warfare of saints » Saints » Comforted by God in
Comfort » God as the giver of
Consolation under Affliction » God is the author and giver of
God's Promises » Of comfort » God as the giver of
Titus » Paul's affection for
Titus » Paul's love for
Titus » With paul in macedonia (see postscript to 2co)
War » Figurative » Comforted by God in
Warfare of saints » Saints » Comforted by God in
2 Corinthians 7:7 (show verse)
but also by the fact that he had felt comforted on your account, and by the report which he brought of your eager affection, of your grief, and of your jealousy on my behalf, so that I rejoiced more than ever.
2 Corinthians 7:8 (show verse)
For if I gave you pain by that letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it then. I see that that letter, even though for a time it gave you pain, had a salutary effect.
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2 Corinthians 7:9 (show verse)
Now I rejoice, not in your grief, but because the grief led to repentance; for you sorrowed with a godly sorrow, which prevented you from receiving injury from us in any respect.
2 Corinthians 7:10 (show verse)
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, a repentance not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world finally produces death.
Contrition » Promises to those who come in contrition
death » What works death
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the contrite
Repentance » What works repentance
Repentance » Called repentance unto salvation
Repentance » Not to be repented of
Repentance » Godly sorrow works
Returning to God » Promises to those who come in contrition
Salvation » Godly sorrow worketh repentance unto
Sorrow » The sorrow of the world
Sorrow » Godly sorrow
Sorrow » For sin
Zeal » Godly sorrow leads to
death » What works death
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the contrite
Repentance » What works repentance
Repentance » Called repentance unto salvation
Repentance » Not to be repented of
Repentance » Godly sorrow works
Returning to God » Promises to those who come in contrition
Salvation » Godly sorrow worketh repentance unto
Sorrow » The sorrow of the world
Sorrow » Godly sorrow
Sorrow » For sin
Zeal » Godly sorrow leads to
2 Corinthians 7:11 (show verse)
For mark the effects of this very thing--your having sorrowed with a godly sorrow--what earnestness it has called forth in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing affection, what jealousy, what meting out of justice! You have completely wiped away reproach from yourselves in the matter.
2 Corinthians 7:12 (show verse)
Therefore, though I wrote to you, it was not to punish the offender, nor to secure justice for him who had suffered the wrong, but it was chiefly in order that your earnest feeling on our behalf might become manifest to yourselves in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 7:13 (show verse)
For this reason we feel comforted; and--in addition to this our comfort--we have been filled with all the deeper joy at Titus's joy, because his spirit has been set at rest by you all.
2 Corinthians 7:14 (show verse)
For however I may have boasted to him about you, I have no reason to feel ashamed; but as we have in all respects spoken the truth to you, so also our boasting to Titus about you has turned out to be the truth.
2 Corinthians 7:15 (show verse)
And his strong and tender affection is all the more drawn out towards you when he recalls to mind the obedience which all of you manifested by the timidity and nervous anxiety with which you welcomed him.
2 Corinthians 7:16 (show verse)
I rejoice that I have absolute confidence in you.