2 Corinthians 7:9

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now I am glad: not because you were made sorrowful; but because you were made sorrowful unto penance. For you were made sorrowful according to God, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing.

Cross References

Luke 15:7

I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.

Acts 20:21

Testifying both to Jews and Gentiles penance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient?

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our glory is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards you.

Luke 15:10

So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son, and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn.

Luke 15:32

But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.

Matthew 3:8

Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.

2 Corinthians 7:8

For although I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent; and if I did repent, seeing that the same epistle (although but for a time) did make you sorrowful;