2 Corinthians, Chapter 7
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Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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Open your⁺ hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.
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I don't say it to condemn [you⁺]: for I have said before, that you⁺ are in our hearts to die together and live together.
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Great is my boldness of speech toward you⁺, great is my glorying on your⁺ behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
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For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but [we were] afflicted on every side; outside [were] fightings, inside [were] fears.
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Nevertheless he who comforts the lowly, [even] God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
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and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you⁺, while he told us your⁺ longing, your⁺ mourning, your⁺ zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.
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For though I made you⁺ sorry with my letter, I do not regret it: though I did regret [it] (for I see that that letter made you⁺ sorry, though but for a season),
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I now rejoice, not that you⁺ were made sorry, but that you⁺ were made sorry to repentance; for you⁺ were made sorry after a godly sort, that you⁺ might suffer loss by us in nothing.
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For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, [a repentance] which brings no regret: but the sorrow of the world works death.
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For look, this very same thing, that you⁺ were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it worked in you⁺, yes what clearing of yourselves, yes what indignation, yes what fear, yes what longing, yes what zeal, yes what avenging! In everything you⁺ approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.
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So although I wrote to you⁺, [I wrote] not for his cause who did the wrong, nor for his cause who suffered the wrong, but that your⁺ earnest care for us might be made manifest to you⁺ in the sight of God.
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Therefore we have been comforted: and in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you⁺.
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For if in anything I have gloried to him on your⁺ behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you⁺ in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
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And his affection is more abundantly toward you⁺, while he remembers the obedience of all of you⁺, how with fear and trembling you⁺ received him.
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I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you⁺.
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