Grief is better than laughter, for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
2 Corinthians 7:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I now rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God willed, so that you didn’t experience any loss from us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet I am glad now, not because you were pained, but because you were pained into repentance [and so turned back to God]; for you felt a grief such as God meant you to feel, so that in nothing you might suffer loss through us or harm for what we did. American Standard Version (1901) I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. Common English Bible Now I’m glad—not because you were sad but because you were made sad enough to change your hearts and lives. You felt godly sadness so that no one was harmed by us in any way. Catholic Public Domain Version now I am glad: not because you were sorrowful, but because you were sorrowful unto repentance. For you became sorrowful for God, so that you might not suffer any harm from us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now I am glad: not because you were made sorrowful; but because you were made sorrowful unto penance. For you were made sorrowful according to God, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing. |
Grief is better than laughter, for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
‘Then I will pour out a spirit , of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.
I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.’
But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” ’
I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.
I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.
To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. Who is adequate for these things?
For even if I grieved you with my letter, I don’t regret it. And if I regretted it #– #since I saw that the letter grieved you, yet only for a while #– #