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2 Corinthians 7:11 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 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.2 Corinthians 7:11 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 7:11 in context
9Now 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.
10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
11For 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.
12Wherefore, 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.
13Therefore 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- carefulnessspoudēhaste, with haste, earnestness, diligence, earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or…G4710 →
- yourselvesapologiaverbal defence, speech in defence, a reasoned statement or argumentG627 →
- sorrowedlypeōto make sorrowful, to affect with sadness, cause grief, to throw into sorrow, to grieve…G3076 →
- wroughtkatergazomaito perform, accomplish, achieve, to work outG2716 →
- beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- afterkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
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There seems to be a connection between Co2 2:13 (where the apostle said he had no rest in his spirit when he found not Titus at Troas) and the fifth verse of this chapter: and so great was his affection to the Corinthians, and his concern about their behaviour in relation to the incestuous person, that, in his further…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-11