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2 Corinthians 7:8 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
2 Corinthians 7:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
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.
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.
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.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
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2 Corinthians 7:1
"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."
2 Corinthians 7:2
"Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man."
2 Corinthians 7:3
"I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you."
2 Corinthians 7:4
"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."
2 Corinthians 7:5
"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."
2 Corinthians 7:6
"Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;"
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