2 Corinthians 7:1-16 - Paul's Joy At The Corinthians' Repentance

¹ Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every defilement of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

² Receive us; we have injured no one, we have destroyed no one, we have defrauded no one. ³ I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts both to die and live together. ⁴ I have great boldness towards you, and great glorying on your account; I am full of comfort, I have a super-abounding joy in all our afflictions.

⁵ For when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were distressed on every hand; without were conflicts, within fears; ⁶ but God who comforts the humble comforted us by the coming of Titus; ⁷ and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted on your account, telling us of your great desire, your deep sorrow, your zeal for me, so that I rather rejoiced. ⁸ For if I even grieved you by the epistle, I do not repent, though I did repent; for because I see that the epistle grieved you but for a time, ⁹ now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you grieved to a change of mind; for you were grieved in a godly manner, to suffer injury from us in nothing. ¹⁰ For godly sorrow produces a change of mind to salvation not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world produces death. ¹¹ For behold, this same thing, that you grieved in a godly manner, how great diligence it produced in you, what a defense, what indignation, what fear, what desire, what zeal, what a punishment! In every thing you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter. ¹² If therefore I wrote to you, it was not on account of him that did the wrong, nor on account of him that suffered wrong, but that our diligence in your behalf might be manifest before God. ¹³ On this account we were comforted. And in addition to our comfort, we rejoiced more abundantly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all; ¹⁴ for if I had boasted of you to him I was not ashamed, but as we said all things to you in truth, so also the boasting of you to Titus was truth. ¹⁵ And his affection is more abundant for you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him. ¹⁶ I rejoice that I have confidence in you in every thing.