I nowrejoice,not that you were madesorrowful,but that you were made sorrowfulto [the point of] repentance;for you were made sorrowfulaccordingto [the will of] God,sothat you might not suffer lossin anythingthroughus.
For I confessmy iniquity;I am fullof anxietybecauseof my sin.
Sorrowis betterthanlaughter,For when a faceis sada heartmay be happy.
"I will pourout on the houseof Davidand on the inhabitantsof Jerusalem,the Spiritof graceand of supplication,so that they will lookon Me whomthey have pierced;and they will mournfor Him, as one mournsfor an onlyson,and they will weepbitterlyoverHim like the bitterweepingovera firstborn.
"Thereforebearfruitin keepingwith repentance;
"In the same way,I tellyou, there is joyin the presenceof the angelsof Godoveronesinnerwho repents."
But we hadto celebrateand rejoice,for thisbrotherof yourswas deadand [has begun] to live,and [was] lostand has been found.'"
"I tellyou that in the same way,there will be [more] joyin heavenoveronesinnerwho repentsthanoverninety-ninerighteous personswhoneednorepentance.
solemnly testifyingto bothJewsand Greeksof repentancetowardGodand faithin our LordJesusChrist.
For our proud confidenceis this:the testimonyof our conscience,that in holinessand godlysincerity,not in fleshlywisdombut in the graceof God,we have conductedourselves in the world,and especiallytowardyou.
to the onean aromafrom deathto death,to the otheran aromafrom lifeto life.And whois adequatefor these things?
For thoughI causedyou sorrowby my letter,I do not regretit; thoughI did regretit-- [for] I seethat that lettercaused you sorrow,thoughonlyfor a while--
