2 Corinthians 7:9 Cross References - NSB

⁹ I now rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance; for you were made sorry after a godly fashion, that you might not suffer loss by us.

¹⁸ I confess my guilt. My sin troubles me.

³ Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness the appearance of the heart is made better.

⁹ He said: »Go and tell this people: ‘Hear constantly but do not understand. See constantly but do not perceive.’ ¹⁰ »This people’s heart has become calloused. They hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.«(Septuagint) ¹¹ Then I said: »How long, O Jehovah? And He answered: »Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, until the houses are deserted and the land is utterly desolate.

¹⁸ »I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ‘Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God. ¹⁹ »‘We turned away from you. But soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.’« ²⁰ »Ephraim, O Ephraim my dear delightful son! Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him. My heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,« declares Jehovah.

¹⁰ »I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of kindness and of supplication. They will look to the one whom they pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son. There will be a bitter lamentation for him, like one who grieves for his first-born.

⁷ »It is the same. I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent.

¹⁰ »I tell you, it is the same for the angels of God who rejoice over one sinner who repents.«

¹⁷ »Finally it dawned on him, my father’s hired workers have more than they can eat and I am about to starve! ¹⁸ »I will go to my father and say: ‘Father I have sinned against God and against you. ¹⁹ »I am not fit to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired workers.’ ²⁰ »He went to his father. He was a long way from home when his father saw him. His heart filled with pity. He ran and threw his arms around his son and kissed him. ²¹ »Father, the son said: ‘I have sinned against God and against you. I am not fit to be called your son.’ ²² »The father called his servants. He said: ‘Hurry and bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet. ²³ »‘Get the prize calf and kill it. Let us celebrate with a feast! ²⁴ »‘My son was dead. Now he is alive. He was lost. Now he has been found. The feasting began.’

³² »‘We had to celebrate and be happy. Your brother was dead. Now he is alive! He was lost and now he has been found!’«

²¹ »I witnessed to both Jews and to Greeks about repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹² This is our pride and testimony of conscience. In holiness and Godly sincerity we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you. It was not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God.

¹⁶ To the one an aroma of death leading to death and to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

⁶ Nevertheless he who comforts the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus. ⁷ This is not by his coming only, but also by the comfort he brought from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me so that I rejoiced yet more.

¹⁰ For godly sorrow works repentance leading to salvation. This is a repentance that brings no regret: but the sorrow of the world works death. ¹¹ This very thing that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it made in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, yes what vindication! You demonstrated yourself to innocent in the matter.

⁸ I should boast a great deal concerning the authority the Lord gave us to build you up, and not to tear you down, I would not be put to shame. ⁹ I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. ¹⁰ For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong. But his bodily presence is weak and his speech of no account.

⁸ We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. ⁹ We are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong. We also pray that you be readjusted. ¹⁰ Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power that the Lord gave me to enlightenment and not to destruction.