2 Corinthians 7:8

New American Bible - revised edition

For even if I saddened you by my letter, I do not regret it; and if I did regret it ([for] I see that that letter saddened you, if only for a while),

Cross References

Lamentations 3:32

Though he brings grief, he takes pity, according to the abundance of his mercy;

John 16:6

But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts.

John 21:17

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” [Jesus] said to him, “Feed my sheep.

2 Corinthians 7:11

For behold what earnestness this godly sorrow has produced for you, as well as readiness for a defense, and indignation, and fear, and yearning, and zeal, and punishment. In every way you have shown yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So then even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, or on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your concern for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 7:6

But God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus,

2 Corinthians 7:7

and not only by his arrival but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged in regard to you, as he told us of your yearning, your lament, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

2 Corinthians 7:9

I rejoice now, not because you were saddened, but because you were saddened into repentance; for you were saddened in a godly way, so that you did not suffer loss in anything because of us.

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.