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2 Corinthians 7:8-13 (GN)

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⁸ For even if that letter of mine made you sad, I am not sorry I wrote it. I could have been sorry when I saw that it made you sad for a while. ⁹ But now I am happy---not because I made you sad, but because your sadness made you change your ways. That sadness was used by God, and so we caused you no harm. ¹⁰ For the sadness that is used by God brings a change of heart that leads to salvation---and there is no regret in that! But sadness that is merely human causes death. ¹¹ See what God did with this sadness of yours: how earnest it has made you, how eager to prove your innocence! Such indignation, such alarm, such feelings, such devotion, such readiness to punish wrongdoing! You have shown yourselves to be without fault in ¹² So, even though I wrote that letter, it was not because of the one who did wrong or the one who was wronged. Instead, I wrote it to make plain to you, in God's sight, how deep your devotion to us really is. ¹³ That is why we were encouraged. Not only were we encouraged; how happy Titus made us with his happiness over the way in which all of you helped to cheer him up!


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 8) Repentance - Godly sorrow vs worldly sorrow
(v. 9) Repentance - Godly sorrow vs worldly sorrow
(v. 10) Repentance - Godly sorrow vs worldly sorrow
(v. 10) Salvation / Eternal Life - Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation
(v. 11) Repentance - Godly sorrow vs worldly sorrow

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 8) Cross of Christ - Kansas City (part IV) (2011-02-20)
(v. 8) 7 Habits of Highly Effective Children (2010-04-27)
(v. 8) Day 34 - Taking Correction (2012-01-06)
(v. 8) One Another - Bearing With Another (part 1) (2010-02-14)
(v. 9) One Another - Bearing With Another (part 1) (2010-02-14)
(v. 9) Day 34 - Taking Correction (2012-01-06)
(v. 9) 7 Habits of Highly Effective Children (2010-04-27)
(v. 9) Cross of Christ - Kansas City (part IV) (2011-02-20)
(v. 10) Cross of Christ - Kansas City (part IV) (2011-02-20)
(v. 10) Day 34 - Taking Correction (2012-01-06)
(v. 10) No one like him - Kingdom Attitudes (part 2) (2009-05-22)
(v. 10) One Another - Bearing With Another (part 1) (2010-02-14)
(v. 10) 7 Habits of Highly Effective Children (2010-04-27)
(v. 10) First the Kingdom - A Choice (2009-12-25)
(v. 11) Day 34 - Taking Correction (2012-01-06)
(v. 11) No one like him - Kingdom Attitudes (part 2) (2009-05-22)
(v. 11) 7 Habits of Highly Effective Children (2010-04-27)
(v. 11) Cross of Christ - Kansas City (part IV) (2011-02-20)
(v. 11) One Another - Bearing With Another (part 1) (2010-02-14)
(v. 12) Cross of Christ - Kansas City (part IV) (2011-02-20)
(v. 12) Day 34 - Taking Correction (2012-01-06)
(v. 13) Cross of Christ - Kansas City (part IV) (2011-02-20)
(v. 13) Day 34 - Taking Correction (2012-01-06)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 8) Bible Talk: Scrooge (2006-12-08)
(v. 9) Bible Talk: Scrooge (2006-12-08)
(v. 10) Bible Talk: Scrooge (2006-12-08)
(v. 10) Devotional: Being Discipled (2008-12-12)
(v. 11) Bible Talk: Scrooge (2006-12-08)
(v. 11) Devotional: Being Discipled (2008-12-12)

Definition(s):
Titus (Ty-tus): pleasing