2 Corinthians 7 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Paul Reveals His Heart

2Co 7:1Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.

2Co 7:2

2Co 7:2Open your hearts to us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.

2Co 7:3

2Co 7:3I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.

2Co 7:4

2Co 7:4I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overjoyed.

2Co 7:5

2Co 7:5For even when we came into Macedo'nia, our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at every turn--fighting without and fear within.

2Co 7:6

2Co 7:6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

2Co 7:7

2Co 7:7and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

2Co 7:8

2Co 7:8For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it (though I did regret it), for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.

2Co 7:9

2Co 7:9As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting; for you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

2Co 7:10

2Co 7:10For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.

2Co 7:11

2Co 7:11For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves guiltless in the matter.

2Co 7:12

2Co 7:12So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.

2Co 7:13

2Co 7:13Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his mind has been set at rest by you all.

2Co 7:14

2Co 7:14For if I have expressed to him some pride in you, I was not put to shame; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus has proved true.

2Co 7:15

2Co 7:15And his heart goes out all the more to you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, and the fear and trembling with which you received him.

2Co 7:16

2Co 7:16I rejoice, because I have perfect confidence in you.

Downloaded from the Oxford Text Archive and used with permission. The following header is required to be posted:

Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

Availability: Freely available for non-commercial use provided that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed.

Pericope

2 Corinthians Chapter 7 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras

2 Corinthians 7 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Paul Reveals His Heart

Pericope

2 Corinthians Chapter 7 — Additional Translations:

Did You Know BLB Is User Supported?