2 Corinthians 7:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ For even if I made you sad with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same letter made you sad, even if for an hour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ For even though I did grieve you with my letter, I do not regret [it now], though I did regret it; for I see that that letter did pain you, though only for a little while;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret it (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),

Common English Bible

⁸ Even though my letter hurt you, I don’t regret it. Well—I did regret it just a bit because I see that that letter made you sad, though only for a short time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ For though I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent. And if I did repent, but only for a time, having realized that the same epistle made you sorrowful,

2 Corinthians 7:8 Cross References

Lamentations 3:32

For though He afflicted, Yet He shall show compassion According to the greatness of His kindnesses.

John 16:6

“But because I have said these words to you, grief has filled your heart.

John 21:17

He said to him the third time, “Shimʽ

2 Corinthians 7:11

For see how you have been saddened according to Elohim – how much it worked out in you eagerness; indeed, clearing of yourselves; indeed, displeasure; indeed, fear; indeed, longing; indeed, ardour; indeed, righting of wrong! In every way you proved yourselves to be clear in the matter.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but for the sake of revealing our diligence for you, before Elohim .

2 Corinthians 7:6

But Elohim, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us by the coming of Titus,

2 Corinthians 7:7

and not only by his coming, but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged over you, when he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your ardour for me, so that I greatly rejoiced.

2 Corinthians 7:9

I now rejoice, not that you were made sad, but that you were saddened into repenting. For you were made sad according to Elohim, so that you suffered no loss from us.

Revelation 3:19

“As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. So be ardent and repent.