2Corinthians:7:2-16

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* Make room for me in your hearts ! I have wronged no man , I have ruined no man , I have defrauded no man . * I am not saying this to blame you , for as I have already said , I hold you in my heart to live together and to die together . * Great is my faith in you ; great is my cheerful assurance in you . I am filled with comfort ; in spite of all my troubles , my heart is overflowing with joy . * For even after I reached Macedonia , my flesh had no rest , but I was troubled on every hand . Without were fights ; within were , fears . * But the God who comforts the down-hearted comforted me by the coming of Titus , * and not alone by his coming , but also by the comfort you had been to him . For he told me of your eager longing , of your penitence , and of your zeal on my behalf , so that I was happier still . * Even if I caused you pain by my letter , I do not regret ; though I did regret it when I saw that my letter had caused you pain , even for a time . * But now I am glad ; not because you were pained ; but because your pain led you to repentance . * For your pain came from God , and so you took no harm from me . For the pain which is from God works repentance leading to salvation , a repentance never to be regretted . But the worlds pain works death . * Note the results of this pain which God permitted ; what earnestness it has called forth in you , what explanations , what indignation , what alarm , what longing , what fervor , what punishment of wrong . In every way you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter . * So then , even if I did write to you , it was not for the sake of the wrong-doer , or of him who had been wronged , but to make clear to yourselves in the sight of God your earnest care for me . * This is what comforts me . In addition to this comfort of mine , I have been made still happier by the happiness of Titus ; because his spirit was refreshed by you all . * Although I have been boasting a little to him about you , I have not been put to shame . But as in every matter I have spoken the truth to you , so also my boast to Titus has been proved to be the truth . * And his tender affection is all the greater toward you , when he calls to mind the obedience of you all , and the fear and trembling with which you received him . * I rejoice that I have complete confidence in you .

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