2 Corinthians 7:8-13
8For though I acaused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it—for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while— 9I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to repentance. For you were made to have 1godly sorrow, so that you might not suffer loss in anything 2through us. 10For 1godly sorrow produces a arepentance 2without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world brings about death. 11For behold what earnestness this very thing—this 1godly sorrow—has brought about in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what alonging, what zeal, what bavenging of wrong! In everything you cdemonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter. 12So although aI wrote to you, it was not for the sake of bthe offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness on our behalf might be manifested to you in the sight of God. 13For this reason we have been acomforted. And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of bTitus, because his cspirit has been refreshed by you all.