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2 Corinthians 7:7

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We were comforted not only by his arrival but also by learning about the comfort he had received while he was with you. He told us how you wanted to see me, how sorry you are for what you’ve done, and how concerned you are about me. This made me even happier.

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Dear friends, I had intended to write to you about the salvation we share. But something has come up. It demands that I write to you and encourage you to continue your fight for the Christian faith that was entrusted to God’s holy people once for all time.

In our present tent-like existence we sigh, since we long to put on the house we will have in heaven.

I was very happy to find some of your children living in the truth as the Father has commanded us.

Elijah was human like us. Yet, when he prayed that it wouldn’t rain, no rain fell on the ground for three-and-a-half years.

For this reason we must pay closer attention to what we have heard. Then we won’t drift away ⌞from the truth⌟.

Now we can go on living as long as you keep your relationship with the Lord firm.

But Timothy has just now come back to us from you and has told us the good news about your faith and love. He also told us that you always have fond memories of us and want to see us, as we want to see you.

Although I’m absent from you physically, I’m with you in spirit. I’m happy to see how orderly you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.

I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of. I will speak very boldly and honor Christ in my body, now as always, whether I live or die.

I thank God for making Titus as dedicated to you as I am.

I had also written to you to test you. I wanted to see if you would be obedient in every way.

even though you now understand it only partially. We are your reason to be proud, as you will be our reason to be proud on the day of our Lord Jesus.

What I mean is that we may be encouraged by each other’s faith.

When he arrived there, he was pleased to see what God had done for them out of kindness. So he encouraged all the people to remain solidly committed to the Lord.

So he prayed very hard in anguish. His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before a rooster crows, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Then Peter went outside and cried bitterly.

Blessed are those who mourn. They will be comforted.

A righteous person may strike me or correct me out of kindness. It is like lotion for my head. My head will not refuse it, because my prayer is directed against evil deeds.

Have pity on me, O God, in keeping with your mercy. In keeping with your unlimited compassion, wipe out my rebellious acts.

I confess my guilt. My sin troubles me.

His anger lasts only a moment. His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may last for the night, but there is a song of joy in the morning.

You’re being arrogant when you should have been more upset about this. If you had been upset, the man who did this would have been removed from among you.

He comforts us whenever we suffer. That is why whenever other people suffer, we are able to comfort them by using the same comfort we have received from God.

Yet God, who comforts those who are dejected, comforted us when Titus arrived.

If my letter made you uncomfortable, I’m not sorry. But since my letter did make you uncomfortable for a while, I was sorry.




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