2 Corinthians 7:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it (though I did regret it), for I see that letter grieved you, though only for a while.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:32

but, though he cause 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 was grieved 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 revealed to you in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 7:6

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

2 Corinthians 7:7

and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

2 Corinthians 7:9

As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting; for you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent.