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. Compare verse9 commentaries
2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. Compare verse4 commentaries
3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die and live with you. Compare verse4 commentaries
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. Compare verse4 commentaries
5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fights, within were fears. Compare verse5 commentaries
6 Nevertheless God, that comforts those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; Compare verse3 commentaries
7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation with which 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. Compare verse3 commentaries
8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same letter has made you sorry, though it were but for a season. Compare verse3 commentaries
9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry after a godly manner, that you might receive damage by us in nothing. Compare verse3 commentaries
10 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death. Compare verse9 commentaries
11 For behold this selfsame thing, that you sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it worked in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what revenge! In all things you have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. Compare verse3 commentaries
12 Why, though I wrote to 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 to you. Compare verse2 commentaries
13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yes, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. Compare verse3 commentaries
14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. Compare verse2 commentaries
15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him. Compare verse3 commentaries