11 For behold what earnestness this very thing, this [a]godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what (A)longing, what zeal, what (B)avenging of wrong! In everything you (C)demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter. 12 So although (D)I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of (E)the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness on our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God. 13 For this reason we have been (F)comforted.

And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of (G)Titus, because his (H)spirit has been refreshed by you all.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 7:11 Lit sorrow according to God

11 See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern,(A) what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. 12 So even though I wrote to you,(B) it was neither on account of the one who did the wrong(C) nor on account of the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are. 13 By all this we are encouraged.

In addition to our own encouragement, we were especially delighted to see how happy Titus(D) was, because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

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