2 Corintios 7:9

9 Ahora me gozo, no porque hayáis sido contristados, sino porque fuisteis contristados para enmienda; porque habéis sido contristados según Dios, de tal manera que ninguna pérdida padecisteis por nuestra parte

2 Corintios 7:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:9

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry
Their grief and sorrow, as a natural passion, was no matter or cause of joy to him; nor was this what he sought after, being what he could take no real pleasure in; for so far as that was a pain to them, it was a pain to him:

but that ye sorrowed to repentance;
their sorrow issued in true evangelical repentance, and this was the ground of his rejoicing; for as there is joy in heaven among the angels, at the repentance of a sinner, so there is joy in the church below, among the saints and ministers of the Gospel, when either sinners are brought in, or backsliders returned by repentance:

for ye were made sorry after a godly sort;
what gave him so much joy and satisfaction was, that their sorrow was of the right sort; it was a godly sorrow, they sorrowed after; or according to God, according to the will of God, and for sin, as it was committed against him; it was a sorrow that God wrought in them:

that ye might receive damage by us in nothing;
what added to his pleasure was, that his writing to them, and the effect it produced, had not been in the least detrimental to them; things had worked so kindly, and this sorrow had wrought in such a manner, that they were not hurt in their souls, but profited; nor in their church state, they had not lost one member by it; nay, the offender himself, which was the occasion of all this trouble, was recovered and restored by these means.

2 Corintios 7:9 In-Context

7 y no sólo con su venida, sino también con la consolación con que él fue consolado acerca de vosotros, haciéndonos saber vuestro deseo (grande), vuestro lloro, vuestro celo por mí, para que así me gozara más

8 Porque aunque os contristé por la carta, no me arrepiento, aunque me pesó; porque veo que aquella carta, aunque por algún tiempo os contristó

9 Ahora me gozo, no porque hayáis sido contristados, sino porque fuisteis contristados para enmienda; porque habéis sido contristados según Dios, de tal manera que ninguna pérdida padecisteis por nuestra parte

10 Porque el dolor que es según Dios, hace enmienda saludable, de la cual no hay que arrepentirse; pero el dolor del mundo obra muerte

11 Porque he aquí esto mismo, que según Dios fuisteis contristados, ¿cuánta solicitud ha obrado en vosotros? ¡Qué defensa, qué enojo, qué temor, qué (gran) deseo, qué celo, y qué vindicación! En todo os habéis mostrado limpios en el asunto