8 But if I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret it, if indeed I did regret it; for I see that, if that letter indeed grieved you for an hour,
2 Corinthians 7:8 Cross References - Godbey
Matthew 26:21-22
Luke 22:61-62
John 16:6
6 But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
John 21:17
17 He says to him a third time; Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me as a friend? Peter was grieved, because He said to him the third time, Do you love me as a friend? And he says to Him, Lord, thou knowest all things; and thou dost understand that I love thee as a friend. He says to Him, Feed my sheeplings.
2 Corinthians 2:2-11
2 For if I grieve you, who indeed is the one giving me joy, except the one being grieved by me?
3 And I wrote this same thing, in order that, having come, I may not have grief over those from whom it behooves me to rejoice; and having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
4 For out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you through many tears; not in order that you may be grieved, but that you may know the divine love which I have unto you exceedingly.
5 But if any one has grieved you all, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not burden you excessively.
6 This punishment which for many to such a one is sufficient;
7 so on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one may be swallowed up with excessive grief.
8 Therefore I exhort you to stir up your divine love for him:
9 for unto this also I wrote, in order that I may know your approval, if you are obedient in all things.
10 But to whom you forgive anything, I do also: for indeed whatsoever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the face of Christ;
11 in order that we may not be gobbled up by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
2 Corinthians 7:6
6 But God, the one comforting the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
2 Corinthians 7:11
11 For behold, how great enthusiasm, yes, how great apology, yes, how great clearing up, yes, how great fear, yes, how great longing, yes, how great zeal, yes, how great avenging, this same godly sorrow did work in you! In everything you have established yourselves to be pure in the matter.
Hebrews 12:9-11
9 Then indeed, we had fathers of our flesh who chastised us, and we endured: how much more then shall we submit to the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they indeed for a few days were accustomed to chastise us according to that which seemed right to them; but he made unto our profit, in order that we might partake his holiness.
11 Indeed no chastisement for the present seems to be truly joyful, but sorrowful: but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them who have been disciplined by it.
Revelation 3:19
19 So many as I love, I rebuke and chastise; be zealous, and repent.