Paul’s Joy in the Corinthians
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 1Th 4:71Pe 2:11Jas 4:8Pro 8:13Psa 51:101Jn 3:3Ezk 36:25-262Pe 1:4-8
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one. 2Co 11:92Co 6:12-13Act 20:331Sa 12:3-41Th 2:101Th 2:3-62Co 1:122Co 12:14-18 I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you. 2Co 6:11-12Php 1:8-91Th 2:82Co 12:15Rut 1:16-171Co 4:14-152Co 11:112Co 13:10 Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows. 2Co 1:42Co 3:12Jas 1:21Co 1:4Col 1:24Php 2:17Rom 5:31Th 2:19
For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within. 2Co 2:13Deu 32:251Th 3:52Co 11:23-302Co 4:8-12Act 20:1Gal 4:11Job 18:11 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, 2Co 1:3-42Th 2:16-173Jn 1:2-42Co 7:13Jer 31:13Isa 12:1Isa 57:181Co 16:17-18 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more. 2Jn 1:4Jud 1:32Co 5:2Col 2:5Heb 2:1Jas 4:9-10Jas 5:171Th 3:6
Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time. Jhn 16:6Rev 3:192Co 2:2-11Exo 5:22-23Heb 12:9-11Jer 20:7-92Co 7:112Co 7:6 And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us. Luk 15:7Jer 31:18-202Co 13:8-102Co 7:10-11Ecc 7:3Psa 38:182Co 10:8-10Zec 12:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. Act 3:19Act 11:182Ti 2:25-262Sa 12:13Luk 18:13Luk 15:101Ki 8:47-50Jon 3:10
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. Rom 14:181Ti 5:21-222Ti 2:15Eph 5:11Psa 2:111Co 5:131Pe 2:22Co 7:7 So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God. 2Co 2:91Ti 3:52Co 11:112Co 11:282Co 2:172Co 2:3-42Co 7:81Co 5:1-2 On account of this, we are encouraged. 2Co 7:61Co 16:131Pe 3:8Rom 12:15Rom 15:321Co 12:261Co 13:5-72Co 2:13
In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you. Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well. 2Co 7:42Co 1:18-202Co 8:242Co 9:2-42Th 1:42Co 10:82Co 7:6 And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling. Php 2:121Jn 3:172Co 2:9Isa 66:2Psa 119:1202Co 10:5-62Th 3:14Col 3:12 I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you. 2Co 2:3Phm 1:21Phm 1:82Th 3:4