2Cor 7 | ABEn | STEP | [ 3 these 2 then 1 Having] promises, beloved, we should cleanse ourselves from all contamination of the flesh and spirit, complete holiness in fear of God.

2 Corinthians 7

CHAPTER 7 Paul's Confidence

1 [³these ²then ¹Having] promises, beloved, we should cleanse ourselves from all contamination of the flesh and spirit, complete holiness in fear of God. 2 Have space for us; no one we wronged, no one we corrupted, no one we took advantage of. 3 [²not ³for ⁴condemnation ¹I speak]; for I have described beforehand that [²in ³our hearts ¹you are] for the dying together and living together. 4 Great is it to me to be in an open manner with you, great is it to me in boasting over you. I have been filled with comfort; I superabound in joy at all our affliction. 5 For even our coming into Macedonia, [³no ²had ⁴relaxation ¹our flesh], but in every way being afflicted; from outside -- battles; from inside -- fears. 6 But the one comforting the humble, comforts us -- God, by the arrival of Titus. 7 [²not ³only ¹But] in his arrival, but also in the comfort in which he was comforted by you, announcing to us your longing, your grieving, your zeal for me; so as for me more to rejoice. 8 For if even I grieved you in the letter, I do not repent, if even I repented; for I see that that letter, if even for an hour, that it grieved you. 9 Now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved into repentance. For you were grieved according to God, that in nothing you should suffer loss by us. 10 For [⁵towards ⁶God ¹distress ⁴repentance ⁷unto ⁸deliverance ³an irrevocable ²manufactures]; but the [²of the ³world ¹distress ⁵death ⁴manufactures]. 11 For behold, this same thing [³towards ⁴God ²fretted ¹you], how much it manufactured in you -- diligence, but defense, but indignation, but fear, but longing, but zeal, but punishment. In every way you commended yourselves to be pure in the matter. 12 Then if even I wrote to you, it was not because of the one doing wrong, nor because of the one being wronged; but because of the manifesting our diligence, the one for you, to you before God. 13 On account of this we have been comforted over your comfort; but more exceedingly rather we rejoiced at the joy of Titus, that [²has been put at rest ¹his spirit] by all of you. 14 For if in anything [²to him ³about ⁴you ¹I have boasted], I was not disgraced; but as [²all things ⁴in ⁵truth ¹we spoke ³to you], so also our boasting unto Titus [²truth ¹became]. 15 And his feelings of compassion [²more exceedingly ³towards ⁴you ¹are], calling to mind the [²of all ³of you ¹obedience], as with fear and trembling you received him. 16 I rejoice that in everything I take courage in you.