2 Corinthians 7:9

Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, ¹  but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, ²  so that you were not harmed ³  in any way by us.

Ec 7:3; Isa 6:9-11; Jer 31:18-20; Zec 12:10; Lu 15:7,10,17-24,32; Ac 20:21; 2Co 1:12; 2Co 2:16; 2Co 7:6,7,10; 2Co 7:10,11; 2Co 10:8-10; 2Co 13:8-10

¹ tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).

² 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.

³ tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”