2 Corinthians 7:8
For though I grieved you by my letter, I do not repent, though I did repent; for I perceive that that epistle grieved you, though it was but for a little while.
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Matthew 26:21and as they were eating, He said, Verily I tell you, that one of you will betray me.
John 16:6sorrow hath filled your heart.
2 Corinthians 2:2for if I grieve you, who is it that maketh me glad, but he that is grieved by me?
2 Corinthians 7:11For behold this very thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly manner, what diligence it wrought in you! yea, what apology, what indignation, what fear, what earnest desire, what zeal, what revenge! by all which ye have shewn yourselves to be clear in the affair.
Revelation 3:19Whomsoever I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 7:6-12
Various Exhortations. ( a. d. 57.) 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And 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. 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter,… Read the whole commentary →