2 Corinthians 7:10
8 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.
9 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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
- KJV
- For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
- WEB
- For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
- ASV
- For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
- DARBY
- For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.
- BLB
- For grief according to God works repentance unto salvation without regret; but the grief of the world produces death.
- ÅB
- For bedrøvelsen etter Guds sinn virker omvendelse til frelse, som ingen angrer; men verdens bedrøvelse virker død.
- OTB
- For sorgen som stemmer med Guds vilje, bringer en omvendelse som fører til frelse og etterlater ingen anger, men verdslig sorg bringer død.
- B1930
- For bedrøvelsen efter Guds sinn virker omvendelse til frelse, som ingen angrer; men verdens bedrøvelse virker død.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Read in contextActs 11:18
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:25–26
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
Read in context2 Samuel 12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
Read in contextLuke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Read in contextLuke 15:10
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Read in context1 Kings 8:47–50
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
Read in contextJonah 3:10
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
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