2 Corinthians 2:1-11, 2 Corinthians 7:6-16 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

2 Corinthians 2:1-11

But I determined this ¹for my own sake, that I ^awould not come to you again in sorrow. 2 For if I ^acause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful? 3 And this is the very thing I ^awrote you, so that ^bwhen I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having ^cconfidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I ^awrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have abundantly for you.

Forgive and Love the Sinner

5 But ^aif any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree—¹in order not to say too much—to all of you. 6 Sufficient for such a one is ^athis punishment which was inflicted by the majority, 7 so that on the contrary you should rather ^agraciously forgive and comfort him, lest such a one be swallowed up by excessive sorrow. 8 Therefore I encourage you to reaffirm your love for him. 9 For to this end also ^aI wrote, so that I might ^bknow your proven character, whether you are ^cobedient in all things. 10 But one whom you graciously forgive anything, I graciously forgive also. For indeed what I have graciously forgiven, if I have graciously forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes ^ain the presence of Christ, 11 so that no advantage would be taken of us by ^aSatan, for ^bwe are not ignorant of his schemes.

2 Corinthians 7:6-16

6 But ^aGod, who comforts the humbled, ^bcomforted us by the coming of ^cTitus; 7 and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more. 8 For though I ^acaused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it—for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while— 9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to repentance. For you were made to have ¹godly sorrow, so that you might not suffer loss in anything ²through us. 10 For ¹godly sorrow produces a ^arepentance ²without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world brings about death. 11 For behold what earnestness this very thing—this ¹godly sorrow—has brought about in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what ^alonging, what zeal, what ^bavenging of wrong! In everything you ^cdemonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter. 12 So although ^aI wrote to you, it was not for the sake of ^bthe offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness on our behalf might be manifested to you in the sight of God. 13 For this reason we have been ^acomforted.
And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of ^bTitus, because his ^cspirit has been refreshed by you all. 14 For if in anything I have ^aboasted to him about you, I was not put to shame, but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting before ^bTitus proved to be the truth. 15 And his ¹affection abounds all the more toward you, as he remembers the ^aobedience of you all, how you received him with ^bfear and trembling. 16 I rejoice that in everything ^aI am encouraged about you.