Daily Meditation
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 Corinthians 7
Today’s Reading
2 Corinthians
Chapter 7
For godly sorrow
worketh repentance to salvation
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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