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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. (10) For godly sorrow. —Again we note the needless variation which is the easily besetting sin of the English version. Better, as before, the sorrow which is after the will of God. Repentance to salvation not to be repented of.
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The same word in 2 Corinthians 7:7 is translated earnest...
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Sorrow For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a...
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Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. Godly...
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- Explanation and Commentary on 2 Corinthians 7:10
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It is sadness for offending God that leads to changing one’s wicked ways and being reconciled with God. Sadness over earthly troubles leads to suicide and Hell. God is able to use our sadness over offending Him to help us become morally better people. Through, with and in God, Christians can find the strength to stay strong in the face of worldly t...
#1: “Godly sorrow…” This is sadness that comes because someone has sinned against God. This is not a sadness that comes because of a feared consequence from that sin, such as reputational damage, financial penalty, jail, or going to Hell. Rather, this is a sadness that comes because of hurting God and our desire to please Him. #2: “…brings repentan...
NIV Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. NLT For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death. ESV For godly grie...
— Sorrow for lost goods, lost friends, death of relatives, c., when it is poignant and deep, produces diseases, increases those that already exist, and often leads men to lay desperate hands on themselves. This sorrow leads to destruction, the other leads to salvation the one leads to heaven, the other to hell. Copyright Statement.
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Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. New Living Translation. For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation.
Verse 2 Corinthians 7:10. For godly sorrow — That which has the breach of God's holy law for its object. Worketh repentance — A thorough change of mind unto salvation, because the person who feels it cannot rest till he finds pardon through the mercy of God. But the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Verses 7–10. Verses 11–14. In his former epistle the apostle had signified his intentions of coming to Corinth, as he passed through Macedonia ( 1 Cor. 16:5 ), but, being providentially hindered for some time, he writes this second epistle to them about a year after the former; and there seem to be these two urgent occasions:—1.
