2 Corinthians 7:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For although I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it (for I see that that letter caused you grief, though only briefly),

Cross References

Lamentations 3:32

Although he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

John 16:6

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.

John 21:17

He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the 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 see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves guiltless in the matter.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong but in order that your zeal for us might be made known to you before God.

2 Corinthians 7:6

But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,

2 Corinthians 7:7

and not only by his arrival but also by the consolation with which he was consoled about you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

2 Corinthians 7:9

now I rejoice, not because you were grieved but because your grief led to repentance, for you felt a godly grief, so that you were not harmed in any way by us.

Revelation 3:19

I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.