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2 Corinthians 7:8-13 (NLT)

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⁸ I am not sorry that I sent that severe letter to you, though I was sorry at first, for I know it was painful to you for a little while. ⁹ Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way. ¹⁰ For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There's no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death. ¹¹ Just see what this godly sorrow produced in you! Such earnestness, such concern to clear yourselves, such indignation, such alarm, such longing to see me, such zeal, and such a readiness to punish wrong. You showed that you have done everything necessary to make things right. ¹² My purpose, then, was not to write about who did the wrong or who was wronged. I wrote to you so that in the sight of God you could see for yourselves how loyal you are to us. ¹³ We have been greatly encouraged by this.In addition to our own encouragement, we were especially delighted to see how happy Titus was about the way all of you welcomed him and set his mind at ease.


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