2 Corinthians 7:7-13

New American Standard Bible

⁷and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted among you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more. ⁸For though I ^(A)caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it—for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while— ⁹I 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. ¹⁰For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a ^(B)repentance ^[b]without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death. ¹¹For behold what earnestness this very thing, this ^[c]godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what ^(C)longing, what zeal, what ^(D)punishment of wrong! In everything you ^(E)demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter. ¹²So although ^(F)I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of ^(G)the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness in our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God. ¹³Because of this, we have been ^(H)comforted.