2 Corinthians 7:9-11

New Matthew Bible

⁹ But now I am happy – not that you were sorrowful, but that you so sorrowed that you repented. For your sorrow was godly, so that in nothing were you hurt by us. ¹⁰ For godly sorrow causes repentance unto salvation, not to be regretted, while worldly sorrow causes death.

¹¹ Behold what diligence this godly sorrow that you felt has wrought in you. Yea, it caused you to clear yourselves: it led to indignation, it led to fear, it led to desire, it led to a fervent mind, it led to punishment. For in every point you have shown yourselves to be clear in that matter.