I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything [a]through us. 10 For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a (A)repentance [b]without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 7:9 Lit from
  2. 2 Corinthians 7:10 Or leading to a salvation without regret

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(A) and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

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