2 Corintios 7:13

13 Por esta razón hemos sido consolados. Y aparte de nuestro consuelo, mucho más nos regocijamos por el gozo de Tito, pues su espíritu ha sido confortado por todos vosotros.

2 Corintios 7:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:13

Therefore we were comforted in your comfort
In the comfortable situation the church was in; not in their grief and sorrow, as a natural passion, but in the effects of it as a godly sorrow; by which it appeared that their repentance was genuine, and that they were clear in the matter that had given so much trouble; and that things had so well succeeded for the welfare and more comfortable estate of the church for the future. The comfortable estate, flourishing condition, and well being of churches, yield great pleasure and consolation to the ministers of the Gospel: the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions read, "our comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we, for the joy of Titus"; not only the repentance of the Corinthians, and the blessed effects of that, occasioned joy in the apostle; but what added to it, and increased it the more abundantly, was the joy of Titus, which he had been a partaker of during his stay with them:

because his spirit was refreshed by you all;
not by one only, or a few, but by all the members of the church; he was received by them with great respect, provided for in a liberal manner, treated with all humanity and courteousness; and, above all, his mind was eased and filled with an unexpected pleasure, to find them in such an agreeable frame of mind; so sensible of their neglect of duty, so ready to reform, so united in themselves, so affected to the apostle, and so determined to abide by the order, ordinances, and truths of the Gospel, against all false teachers.

2 Corintios 7:13 In-Context

11 Porque mirad, ¡qué solicitud ha producido en vosotros esto, esta tristeza piadosa, qué vindicación de vosotros mismos, qué indignación, qué temor, qué gran afecto, qué celo, qué castigo del mal! En todo habéis demostrado ser inocentes en el asunto.

12 Así que, aunque os escribí, no fue por causa del que ofendió, ni por causa del ofendido, sino para que vuestra solicitud por nosotros se manifestara a vosotros delante de Dios.

13 Por esta razón hemos sido consolados. Y aparte de nuestro consuelo, mucho más nos regocijamos por el gozo de Tito, pues su espíritu ha sido confortado por todos vosotros.

14 Porque si en algo me he jactado con él acerca de vosotros, no fui avergonzado, sino que así como os hemos dicho todo con verdad, así también nuestra jactancia ante Tito resultó ser la verdad.

15 Y su amor hacia vosotros abunda aún más al acordarse de la obediencia de todos vosotros, y de cómo lo recibisteis con temor y temblor.