2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 7

1Paul exhorteth the Corinthians to purity of life, 2and to receive him, who had done nothing to forfeit their esteem: 3he repeateth the assurance of his love for them, and sheweth what comfort he had received in all his troubles from the report which Titus had brought of their good dispositions toward him: 8so that upon the whole he did not repent of having grieved them a little by letter, considering the good effects which that godly sorrow had produced. 13Above all he rejoiced to observe the good impressions which their behaviour, so answerable to his former boastings of them, had left in the mind of Titus.

1^aHAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

a ch. 6.16-18. Ro. 6.1-23. 2Pe. 3.11-14. Lu. 1.74,75. 1Jn. 3.1-3. 1Pe. 2.11. 1Co. 6.20. Tit. 2.11-14. Phi. 2.12,13; 3.8-14. Mat. 5.8. 1Ti. 4.8. Ps. 51.10. Eze. 36.25,26. 1Jn. 1.7,9.

2^bReceive us; ^cwe have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

b Mat. 10.14,40. 2Jn. 10. 3Jn. 10. c Ac. 20.33. ch. 4.2; 11.20. 1Th. 2.5. Ro. 16.18. 1Co. 6.12,18; 10.33. ch. 1.12; 2.17; 6.3-12; 11.7,13; 12.13,17. 1Sa. 12.3,4. Ga. 4.17. 2Th. 3.8. 1Ti. 6.4-11. 2Ti. 3.2-6. Tit. 1.10. 2Pe. 2.14. Jude 11,16.

3^dI speak not this to condemn you : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

d 1Co. 4.14. ch. 3.3,4; 6.11-13.

4^eGreat is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: ^fI am filled with comfort, ^gI am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

e 1Co. 1.4; 4.15; 6.1. ch. 1.14; 3.12; 9.2; 6.11-13. 1Th. 2.19. f Col. 1.24. Ja. 1.2. ch. 1.4; 6.10; 2.14. Jn. 16.33. Phi. 2.17. Mat. 5.12. Ac. 5.41. Ro. 5.3. g ch. 12.10.

5^hFor, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; ^*without were fightings, within were fears.

h Ac. 16.19,23. 1Co. 2.3; 15.32. ch. 2.13; 4.8-12; 6.4-10; 11.2,3,23-28; 12.20. De. 32.25.

6Nevertheless ⁱGod, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us ^jby the coming of Titus;

i ch. 1.3,4. 1Th. 3.6. 2Th. 2.16,17. De. 33.25; 32.36. ch. 2.13. Ge. 22.14. j v.13,14.

7And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us ^kyour earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

k Pr. 28.23; 9.8,9; 27.5. Ps. 141.5. Mat. 18.15.

8^lFor 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.

l 1Co. 4.18-21. v.6,11. ch. 2.2,4.

9^mNow I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry ¹after a godly ^*manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

m Je. 31.18-20. Lu. 15.6,7,9,10,24,32. 1Pe. 2.10.

10ⁿFor godly sorrow worketh ^orepentance to salvation ^pnot to be repented of: ^qbut the sorrow of the world worketh death.

n 2Sa. 12.13. Mat. 26.75. Lu. 18.13. Je. 31.9,18-20. Eze. 7.16. o Ac. 11.18. p Ro. 11.29. q Mat. 27.4,5. He. 12.17. Pr. 17.22; 15.13,15.

11For behold this selfsame thing, that ^rye sorrowed after a godly ^*sort, what ^s*carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what ^tclearing of yourselves, yea, what ^uindignation, yea, what ^vfear, yea, what vehement ^wdesire, yea, what ^xzeal, yea, what ^yrevenge! In all things ye have ^zapproved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

r 1Co. 5.2. Ac. 11.18. Is. 57.15; 66.2. Je. 3.12,13; 22.23,24; 31.18,19; 50.4,5. Eze. 6.9; 7.16; 16.63; 36.31. Zec. 12.10-14. 1Co. 5.13. s Tit. 3.8. t Ep. 5.11. u Ep. 4.26. v He. 4.1. v.15. w Ps. 42.1; 130.6. x Re. 3.19. y Mat. 5.29,30. ch. 2.6. z Ro. 14.18. 1Th. 4.6.

12Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, ^aI 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.

a 1Co. 5.1. ch. 2.4,9.

13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of ^bTitus, ^cbecause his spirit was refreshed by you all.

b v.6,7. c v.15. ch. 8.16. Ro. 15.32.

14For ^dif 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.

d ch. 1.12,19; 2.17; 4.2; 6.7; 8.24; 9.2; 10.8.

15And his ²inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the ^eobedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

e ch. 2.9; 9.13. Phi. 2.2,12.

16^fI rejoice therefore that ^gI have confidence in you in all things.

f Phi. 2.12. 2Th. 3.4. Phile. 8,21. ch. 2.9; 10.1-8. g ch. 2.3.