2 Corinthians

7 Having therefore these promises, beloved Let us purify ourselves from all pollution of flesh and spirit, Perfecting holiness in fear of God.

2 Give place to us! No one have we wronged, No one have we corrupted, No one have we defrauded.

3 Unto condemnation I am not saying [this] For I have before said—In our hearts are ye to the end we may die together and live together.

4 Great is my freedom of speech towards you, Great is my boasting in behalf of you: I am filled with the encouragement, I am greatly superabounding with the joy, In all our tribulation.

5 For even when we came into Macedonia No relief at all had our flesh; But in every way were we in tribulation,—Without fightings! Within fears!

6 But he who encourageth them that are brought low, encouraged us,—Even God,—by the presence of Titus.

7 Not however by his presence alone, But also by the encouragement wherewith he had been encouraged over you: Recounting unto us your earnest desire, your lamentation, your zeal in my behalf. So that I the more rejoiced.

8 Because if I even grieved you by the letter I do not regret,—Though I could even have regretted,—I see that that letter if even for an hour did cause you grief.

9 Now am I rejoicing,—Not that ye were grieved, But that ye were grieved unto repentance; For ye were grieved according to God, In order that in nothing should ye receive damage from us.

10 For grief according to God worketh repentance unto salvation not to be regretted; Although the grieving of the world worketh death.

11 For lo! this very thing—the being caused to grieve according to God:—What manner of diligence it wrought out in you,—nay! defence,—nay! sore displeasure,—nay! fear,—nay! earnest desire,—nay! jealousy,—nay! avenging. In every way ye shewed yourselves to be chaste in the matter.

12 Hence if I even wrote unto you It was not for the sake of him that did the wrong, [Nay] not even for the sake of him that suffered the wrong; But for the sake of your earnestness which was on our account being made manifest unto you before God:—

13 For this cause have we received encouragement. In addition to our encouragement however Much more abundantly have we rejoiced over the joy of Titus,—That his spirit hath received refreshment from you all,

14 That if in anything—unto him—in your behalf—I have boasted I have not been put to shame; But as all things in truth we told you So even our boasting before Titus turned out to be truth.

15 And his tender affections are much more abundantly towards you When he calleth to mind the obedience of you all,—How with fear and trembling ye gave him welcome.

16 I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage respecting you.