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2 Corinthians 7:12

10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

11 Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

13 On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

14 Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.
KJV
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.
WEB
So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
ASV
So although I wrote unto you, I [wrote] not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God.
DARBY
So then, if also I wrote to you, [it was] not for the sake of him that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for you being manifested to you before God.
BLB
So even if I wrote to you⁺, [it was] not for the sake of the one having done wrong, nor for the sake of the one having suffered wrong, but for the sake of your⁺ earnestness for us being made manifest to you⁺ before God.
ÅB
Derfor, om jeg enn skrev til dere, så var det ikke for hans skyld som gjorde uretten, heller ikke for hans skyld som uretten ble gjort imot, men for at deres iver for oss kunne bli åpenbart hos dere for Guds åsyn.
OTB
Så selv om jeg skrev til dere, var det ikke for den skyldiges skyld eller for den fornærmedes skyld, men for at deres iver på våre vegne skulle bli åpenbart for dere i Guds øyne.
B1930
Derfor, om jeg enn skrev til eder, så var det ikke for hans skyld som gjorde uretten, heller ikke for hans skyld som uretten blev gjort imot, men forat eders iver for oss kunde bli åpenbaret hos eder for Guds åsyn.

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