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          DASV: 2 Corinthians 7    

1 Therefore since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God.
2 Make room in your hearts for us; we have wronged no one,
we corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
3 I say it not to condemn you, for I have said before that
you are in our hearts to die together and live together.
4 I have great confidence in you, I take great pride on
your behalf, I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy
in all our affliction.

5 For even when we entered into Macedonia our flesh had no
rest, but we were afflicted from every side. There were
conflicts outside and fears within.
6 But God, who comforts the downcast, has comforted us by
the coming of Titus,
7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with
which he was comforted that he got from you. When he
told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me,
I rejoiced even more.
8 For even if I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not
regret it, though I did regret it, for I see that that
epistle made you sorry, though just briefly.
9 I now rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but
because your sorrow led to repentance. For you were
sorry with a godly sorrow, so that you were not harmed
by us in anyway.
10 For godly sorrow produces repentance that leads to
salvation, which results in no regret, but the sorrow
of the world produces death.
11 Just look at what this godly sorrow produced in you.
What eagerness, what a desire to defend yourselves, what
indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what
concern for justice! In every way you proved yourselves
innocent in this matter.
12 So although I wrote to you, I wrote not on account of
the one who did the wrong, or for the one who suffered
the wrong, but that your eager care for us might be
revealed to you in the sight of God.
13 Therefore we have been comforted. And in addition to
our comfort, we rejoiced even more for the joy of Titus,
because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
14 For if I have boasted about anything to him on your
behalf, I was not put to shame. All the things we spoke
about you were true, so our boasting to Titus has
proven true.
15 And his affection for you is even greater, when he
remembers the obedience of all of you, how you
received him with fear and trembling.
16 I rejoice because I have absolute confidence in you.

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