2 Corinthians 7:9

English Majority Text Version

Now I rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led to repentance; for you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.

Cross References

Matthew 3:8

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,

Luke 15:10

Just so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Luke 15:32

But it was necessary to be merry and to rejoice, because your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.' "

Luke 15:7

I say to you that likewise there shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine righteous who need no repentance.

Acts 20:21

solemnly bearing witness to both Jews and to Greeks, the repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To some we are the fragrance of death leading to death, but to others the fragrance of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

2 Corinthians 7:8

Because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not regret it, even if I did regret it. For I perceive that the same letter made you sorry, though only for a season.