2 Corinthians 7:9 Cross References - ACV

⁹ Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved, but that ye were grieved for repentance. For ye were grieved toward God, so that ye might suffer loss from us in nothing.

¹⁸ For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.

³ Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

⁹ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but do not understand, and see ye indeed, but do not perceive. ¹⁰ Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and be healed. ¹¹ Then I said, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,

¹⁸ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself saying, Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are LORD my God. ¹⁹ Surely after that I was turned back. I repented, and after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth. ²⁰ Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says LORD.

¹⁰ And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they shall look to me whom they have pierced. And they shall mourn for him, as a man mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as a man who is in bitterness for his firstborn.

⁷ I say to you, that thus there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

¹⁰ Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.

¹⁷ But when he came to himself, he said, How many hired men of my father's have abundance of loaves, but I am perishing with hunger. ¹⁸ After rising, I will go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight. ¹⁹ I am no more worthy to be called thy son. Make me as one of thy hired men. ²⁰ And having risen, he went to his father. But while he was still distant, afar off, his father saw him and felt compassion. And having ran, he fell on his neck, and kissed him much. ²¹ And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight. I am no more worthy to be called thy son. ²² But the father said to his bondmen, Bring forth the best robe and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and shoes for his feet. ²³ And having brought the fatted calf, kill it, and having eaten, we will be cheerful, ²⁴ because this my son was dead, and became alive again. And he was lost, and is found. And they began to be cheerful.

³² But it was needful to make merry and be glad, because this thy brother was dead, and became alive again, and was lost, and was found.

²¹ testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

¹² For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

¹⁶ to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?

⁶ Nevertheless God, who encourages the lowly, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus. ⁷ And not only by his presence, but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, reporting to us your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced the more.

¹⁰ For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death. ¹¹ For behold this same thing-your grieving toward God. How much eagerness it worked in you, even a defense, even indignation, even fear, even longing, even zeal, even vengeance! In everything ye demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

⁸ For even if I also should boast somewhat more abundantly about our authority (which the Lord gave us for building up and not for tearing you down), I will not be shamed, ⁹ so that I would not seem as if to terrify you by the letters. ¹⁰ Because, The letters, he says, are indeed weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is disdained.

⁸ For we do not have any power against the truth, but for the truth. ⁹ For we are glad when we are weak and ye are strong. And this also we pray for, your full qualification. ¹⁰ Because of this I write these things while absent, so that I may not act harshly when present, according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.