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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Corinthians 7</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_corinthians/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//2_corinthians/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/2_corinthians/">2 Corinthians</a> > 2 Corinthians 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_corinthians/6.htm" title="2 Corinthians 6">◄</a> 2 Corinthians 7 <a href="../2_corinthians/8.htm" title="2 Corinthians 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/7.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/7.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/7.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/7.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/7.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/7.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/7.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Joy in the Corinthians<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>On account of this, we are encouraged. <p class="reg"> In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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