| 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]. |
