Having
therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us
cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
of God.
02 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have
corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
03 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have
said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and
live with you.
04 Great is my boldness of speech toward you,
great is my glorying of you: I am filled with
comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our
tribulation.
05 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our
flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every
side; without were fightings, within were fears.
06 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that
are cast down, comforted us by the coming of
Titus;
07 And not by his coming only, but by the
consolation wherewith he was comforted in you,
when he told us your earnest desire, your
mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I
rejoiced the more.
08 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I
do not repent, though I did repent: for I
perceive that the same epistle hath made you
sorry, though it were but for a season.
09 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry,
but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were
made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might
receive damage by us in nothing.
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10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to
salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow
of the world worketh death.
11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye
sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it
wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves,
yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what
vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what
revenge! In all things ye have approved
yourselves to be clear in this matter.
12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it
not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor
for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our
care for you in the sight of God might appear
unto you.
13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort:
yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the
joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by
you all.
14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you,
I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to
you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made
before Titus, is found a truth.
15 And his inward affection is more abundant
toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience
of you all, how with fear and trembling ye
received him.
16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in
you in all things.
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