07:01 .. therefore .. having these promises .. beloved .. let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit .. ......... perfecting holiness in the fear of God 07:02 .. make room for us in your hearts .. we wronged no one .. we corrupted no one .. we took advantage of no one 07:03 .. I do not speak to condemn you .. for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together 07:04 .. great is my confidence in you .. great is my boasting on your behalf .. I am filled with comfort .. ......... I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction
07:05 .. for even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest .. but we were afflicted on every side .. ......... conflicts without .. fears within 07:06 .. but God .. who comforts the depressed .. comforted us by the coming of Titus 07:07 .. and not only by his coming .. but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you .. as he reported to us your longing .. ......... your mourning .. your zeal for me .. so that I rejoiced even more
07:08 .. for though I caused you sorrow by my letter .. I do not regret it .. though I did regret it .. ......... for I see that that letter caused you sorrow .. though only for a while 07:09 .. I now rejoice .. not that you were made sorrowful .. but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance .. ......... for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God .. ......... so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us 07:10 .. for the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret .. leading to salvation .. ......... but the sorrow of the world produces death
07:11 .. for behold what earnestness this very thing .. this godly sorrow .. has produced in you .. what vindication of yourselves .. ......... what indignation .. what fear .. what longing .. ......... what zeal .. what avenging of wrong .. In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter 07:12 .. so although I wrote to you .. it was not for the sake of the offender nor for the sake of the one offended .. ......... but that your earnestness on our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God 07:13 .. for this reason we have been comforted .. and besides our comfort .. we rejoiced even much more for the joy of Titus .. ......... because his spirit has been refreshed by you all 07:14 .. for if in anything I have boasted to him about you .. I was not put to shame .. but as we spoke all things to you in truth .. ......... so also our boasting before Titus proved to be the truth 07:15 .. his affection abounds all the more toward you .. as he remembers the obedience of you all .. ......... how you received him with fear and trembling 07:16 .. I rejoice that in everything I have confidence in you
The true servant of God cannot but be grieved that he must rebuke Christians for sin .. nor can he shun to make those sorry for a season whom he would rather make glad .. If the offenders will but let their sorrow work true repentance .. God’s minister may rejoice in the nature of their sorrow when it is turned again to joy that is durable