2 Corinthians 7:9

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Psalm 38:18

I am very near to falling; my wounds are with me always.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter; when the face is sad, the heart grows wise.

Zechariah 12:10

I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of mercy and supplication, so that when they look on him whom they have thrust through, they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and they will grieve for him as one grieves over a firstborn. Catalogue of Mourners.

Matthew 3:8

Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance.

Luke 15:10

In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” The Parable of the Lost Son.

Luke 15:32

But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’”

Luke 15:7

I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. The Parable of the Lost Coin.

Acts 20:21

I earnestly bore witness for both Jews and Greeks to repentance before God and to faith in our Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with the simplicity and sincerity of God, [and] not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the latter an odor of death that leads to death, to the former an odor of life that leads to life. Who is qualified for this?

2 Corinthians 7:8

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),