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1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us
cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God. 2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we
have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 3 I speak not this
to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die
and live with you. 4 Great is my boldness of speech
toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am
exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no
rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were
fears. 6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down,
comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but
by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your
earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced
the more. 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not
repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you
sorry, though it were but for a season. 9 Now I rejoice, not
that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made
sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For
godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the
sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing,
that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what
clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear,
yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what
revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this
matter.
12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not
for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong,
but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. 13 Therefore
we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for
the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. 14 For
if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all
things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus,
is found a truth. 15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward
you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling
ye received him. 16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you
in all things.
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