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2 Corinthians 7:9 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 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.2 Corinthians 7:9 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 7:9 in context
7And 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.
8For 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.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- repentancemetanoiaa change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of…G3341 →
- rejoicechairōto rejoice, be glad, to rejoice exceedingly, to be well, thrive, in salutations, hail!…G5463 →
- nothingmēdeisnobody, no one, nothingG3367 →
- mannertheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
- damagezēmioōto affect with damage, do damage to, to sustain damage, to receive injury, suffer lossG2210 →
- sorrylypeōto make sorrowful, to affect with sadness, cause grief, to throw into sorrow, to grieve…G3076 →
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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