MNT(i)
3 I am not saying this to blame you, for as I have already said, I hold you in my heart to live together and to die together.
4 Great is my faith in you; great is my cheerful assurance in you. I am filled with comfort; in spite of all my troubles, my heart is overflowing with joy.
5 For even after I reached Macedonia, my flesh had no rest, but I was troubled on every hand. Without were fights; within were, fears.
6 But the God who comforts the down-hearted comforted me by the coming of Titus,
7 and not alone by his coming, but also by the comfort you had been to him. For he told me of your eager longing, of your penitence, and of your zeal on my behalf, so that I was happier still.
8 Even if I caused you pain by my letter, I do not regret; though I did regret it when I saw that my letter had caused you pain, even for a time.
9 But now I am glad; not because you were pained; but because your pain led you to repentance.
10 For your pain came from God, and so you took no harm from me. For the pain which is from God works repentance leading to salvation, a repentance never to be regretted. But the world's pain works death.