2 Corinzi 7:9

9 Or mi rallegro, non perchè siate stati contristati, ma perchè siete stati contristati a ravvedimento; perciocchè voi siete stati contristati secondo Iddio, acciocchè in cosa alcuna voi non riceveste alcun danno da noi.

2 Corinzi 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 Corinzi 7:9 In-Context

7 E non sol per la venuta d’esso, ma ancora per la consolazione della quale è stato consolato appresso di voi; rapportandoci la vostra grande affezione, il vostro pianto, il vostro zelo per me; talchè io me ne son molto maggiormente rallegrato.

8 Perciocchè, benchè io vi abbia contristati per quell’epistola, ora non me ne pento, benchè io me ne fossi pentito; poichè io vedo che quell’epistola, quantunque per un breve tempo, vi ha contristati.

9 Or mi rallegro, non perchè siate stati contristati, ma perchè siete stati contristati a ravvedimento; perciocchè voi siete stati contristati secondo Iddio, acciocchè in cosa alcuna voi non riceveste alcun danno da noi.

10 Poichè la tristizia secondo Iddio produce ravvedimento a salute, del quale l’uomo non si pente mai; ma la tristizia del mondo produce la morte.

11 Perciocchè, ecco, questo stesso fatto che voi siete stati contristati secondo Iddio, quanta premura ha prodotta in voi, qual giustificazione, quale indegnazione, qual timore, qual grande affezione, quale zelo, qual punizione! per ogni maniera voi avete dimostrato che siete puri in quest’affare.