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2 Corinthiërs 7:9

Listen to 2 Corinthiërs 7:9
9 Nu verblijde ik mij, niet omdat gij bedroefd zijt geweest, maar omdat gij bedroefd zijt geweest tot bekering; want gij zijt bedroefd geweest naar God, zodat gij in geen ding schade van ons geleden hebt.

2 Corinthiërs 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.

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2 Corinthiërs 7:9 In-Context

7 En niet alleen door zijn komst, maar ook door de vertroosting, met welke hij over u vertroost is geweest, als hij ons verhaalde uw verlangen, uw kermen, uw ijver voor mij; alzo dat ik te meer verblijd ben geweest.
8 Want hoewel ik u in den zendbrief bedroefd heb, het berouwt mij niet, hoewel het mij berouwd heeft; want ik zie, dat dezelve zendbrief, hoewel voor een kleinen tijd, u bedroefd heeft.
9 Nu verblijde ik mij, niet omdat gij bedroefd zijt geweest, maar omdat gij bedroefd zijt geweest tot bekering; want gij zijt bedroefd geweest naar God, zodat gij in geen ding schade van ons geleden hebt.
10 Want de droefheid naar God werkt een onberouwelijke bekering tot zaligheid; maar de droefheid der wereld werkt den dood.
11 Want ziet, ditzelfde dat gij naar God zijt bedroefd geworden, hoe grote naarstigheid heeft het in u gewrocht? Ja, verantwoording, ja, onlust, ja, vrees, ja, verlangen, ja, ijver, ja, wraak; in alles hebt gij uzelven bewezen rein te zijn in deze zaak.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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