May 9, 2022
2Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no
one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before
that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.
4 I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have
great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our
affliction, I am overflowing with joy.
5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had
no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and
fear within. 6 But God, who comforts the downcast,
comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7 and not only by
his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by
you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for
me, so that I rejoiced still more. 8 For even if I made
you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it—though I did regret
it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a
while. 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.
10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to
salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has
produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what
indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment!
At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
12 So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one
who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the
wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed
to you in the sight of God. 13 Therefore we are
comforted.
And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of
Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
14 For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was
not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true,
so also our boasting before Titus has proved true. 15
And his affection for you is even greater, as he remembers the
obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.
16 I rejoice, because I have complete confidence in
you.
Key Words: Rejoice, Comfort, Joy, Grief,
Refreshed
Keystone Verse: Godly grief produces a repentance
that leads to salvation without regret (2 Corinthians 7:10)