2 Corinthians 7:9

New Century Version

Now I am happy, not because you were made sad, but because your sorrow made you change your lives. You became sad in the way God wanted you to, so you were not hurt by us in any way.

Cross References

Psalm 38:18

I confess my guilt; I am troubled by my sin.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, and sadness has a good influence on you.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will pour out on David’s family and the people in Jerusalem a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look at me, the one they have stabbed, and they will cry like someone crying over the death of an only child. They will be as sad as someone who has lost a firstborn son.

Matthew 3:8

Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives.

Luke 15:10

In the same way, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God when one sinner changes his heart and life.”

Luke 15:32

We had to celebrate and be happy because your brother was dead, but now he is alive. He was lost, but now he is found.’ ”

Luke 15:7

In the same way, I tell you there is more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes his heart and life, than over ninety-nine good people who don’t need to change.

Acts 20:21

I warned both Jews and Greeks to change their lives and turn to God and believe in our Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say it with a clear conscience: In everything we have done in the world, and especially with you, we have had an honest and sincere heart from God. We did this by God’s grace, not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To those who are lost, we are the smell of death that brings death, but to those who are being saved, we are the smell of life that brings life. So who is able to do this work?

2 Corinthians 7:8

Even if my letter made you sad, I am not sorry I wrote it. At first I was sorry, because it made you sad, but you were sad only for a short time.