Discovery Box2 Corinthians 7:3-10 
Context7:3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before 1 that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you. 2
7:4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride 3 on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; 4 I am overflowing with joy in the midst of 5 all our suffering. 7:5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our body 6 had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way – struggles from the outside, fears from within. 7:6 But God, who encourages 7 the downhearted, encouraged 8 us by the arrival of Titus. 7:7 We were encouraged 9 not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement 10 you gave 11 him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, 12 your deep concern 13 for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever. 7:8 For even if I made you sad 14 by my letter, 15 I do not regret having written it 16 (even though I did regret it, 17 for 18 I see that my letter made you sad, 19 though only for a short time). 7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, 20 but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, 21 so that you were not harmed 22 in any way by us. 7:10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
1 sn See 2 Cor 1:4-7.
2 tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
3 tn Grk “great is my boasting.”
4 tn Or “comfort.”
5 tn Grk “I am overflowing with joy in all our suffering”; the words “in the midst of” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to clarify that Paul is not rejoicing in the suffering itself, but in his relationship with the Corinthians in the midst of all his suffering.
6 tn Grk “our flesh.”
7 tn Or “comforts,” “consoles.”
8 tn Or “comforted,” “consoled.”
9 tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “We were encouraged.”
10 tn Or “comfort,” “consolation.”
11 tn Grk “by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you.” The passive construction was translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the repeated word “encouraged” was replaced in the translation by “gave” to avoid redundancy in the translation.
12 tn Or “your grieving,” “your deep sorrow.”
13 tn Or “your zeal.”
14 tn Grk “if I grieved you.”
15 sn My letter. Paul is referring to the “severe” letter mentioned in 2 Cor 2:4.
16 tn Grk “I do not regret”; direct objects in Greek must often be supplied from the context. Here one could simply supply “it,” but since Paul is referring to the effects of his previous letter, clarity is improved if “having written it” is supplied.
17 tn Grk “I did regret”; the direct object “it” must be supplied from the context.
18 tc A few important
19 tn Grk “my letter grieved you.”
20 tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).
21 tn Grk “corresponding to God,” that is, corresponding to God’s will (κατὰ θεόν, kata qeon). The same phrase occurs in vv. 10 and 11.
22 tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”
