2Corinthians:7

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* Having therefore these promises , beloved , let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit , perfecting holiness in the fear of God . * Open your (note :){+}(:note ) hearts to us : we wronged no man , we corrupted no man , we took advantage of no man . * I don 't say it to condemn [you (note :){+}(:note )]: for I have said before , that you {+} are in our hearts to die together and live together . * Great is my boldness of speech toward you (note :){+}(:note ), great is my glorying on your {+} behalf : I am filled with comfort , I overflow with joy in all our affliction . * For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief , but [we were ] afflicted on every side ; outside [were ] fightings , inside [were ] fears . * Nevertheless he who comforts the lowly , [even ] God , comforted us by the coming of Titus ; * and not by his coming only , but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you (note :){+}(:note ), while he told us your {+} longing , your {+} mourning , your {+} zeal for me ; so that I rejoiced yet more . * For though I made you (note :){+}(:note ) sorry with my letter , I do not regret it : though I did regret [it ] (for I see that that letter made you {+} sorry , though but for a season ), * I now rejoice , not that you (note :){+}(:note ) were made sorry , but that you {+} were made sorry to repentance ; for you {+} were made sorry after a godly sort , that you {+} might suffer loss by us in nothing . * For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation , [a repentance ] which brings no regret : but the sorrow of the world works death . * For look , this very same thing , that you (note :){+}(:note ) were made sorry after a godly sort , what earnest care it worked in you {+}, yes what clearing of yourselves , yes what indignation , yes what fear , yes what longing , yes what zeal , yes what avenging ! In everything you {+} approved yourselves to be pure in the matter . * So although I wrote to you (note :){+}(:note ), I did not [write ] 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 to you {+} in the sight of God . * Therefore we have been comforted : And in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus , because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you (note :){+}(:note ). * For if in anything I have gloried to him on your (note :){+}(:note ) behalf , I was not put to shame ; but as we spoke all things to you {+} in truth , so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth . * And his affection is more abundantly toward you (note :){+}(:note ), while he remembers the obedience of all of you {+}, how with fear and trembling you {+} received him . * I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you (note :){+}(:note ).

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