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  • 2 Corinthians 7:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 9 now I rejoice, not because you were just saddened, but because you were saddened into repenting. For you were saddened in a godly way, so that you suffered no harm because of us.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:9
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 9 νῦν now χαίρω, I am rejoicing, οὐχ not ὅτι that ἐλυπήθητε, YOU were saddened, ἀλλ’ but ὅτι that ἐλυπήθητε YOU were saddened εἰς into μετάνοιαν, repentance, ἐλυπήθητε YOU were saddened γὰρ for κατὰ according to θεόν, God, ἵνα in order that ἐν in μηδενὶ nothing ζημιωθῆτε YOU might suffer damage ἐξ out of ἡμῶν. us.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 9 now I rejoice, not because YOU were just saddened, but because YOU were saddened into repenting;+ for YOU were saddened in a godly way,+ that YOU might suffer no damage in anything due to us.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:9
    The Bible in Living English
    • 9 I am glad now, not that you were grieved but that you were grieved into repentance. For you were grieved in God’s way, in order that you might not be in any respect the worse off by us;

  • 2 Corinthians 7:9
    American Standard Version
    • 9 I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:9
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 9 Now am I rejoicing,—Not that ye were grieved, But that ye were grieved unto repentance; For ye were grieved according to God, In order that in nothing should ye receive damage from us.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:9
    King James Version
    • 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
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 7:9 it-2 773

  • 2 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 7:9 ad 1387; w62 368

  • 2 Corinthians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 7:9

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 773

  • 2 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 7:9

      saddened in a godly way: That is, the Christians in Corinth not only felt regret but were saddened into repenting. In his preceding letter, Paul had reproved the congregation for tolerating a man who was committing sexual immorality. (1Co 5:1, 2, 13) As a result of taking the reproof to heart, the congregation as a whole adopted the right attitude and quit condoning his sin. In addition, the immoral man sincerely repented of his sin. (2Co 2:6-8; 7:11) The sadness that these Christians felt was godly in that it moved them to seek God’s forgiveness and to correct their course, bringing it into harmony with God’s will.​—See study note on 2Co 7:10.

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