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2 Corinthians 7:8-10
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2 Corinthians 7:8-10
American Standard Version
8 For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret it [a](for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season), 9 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. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance [b]unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
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- 2 Corinthians 7:8 Some ancient authorities omit for.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 Or, unto a salvation which bringeth no regret
2 Corinthians 7:8-10
New International Version
2 Corinthians 7:8-10
New International Version
8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter,(A) I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while— 9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation(B) and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
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