1. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2. Receive us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
3. I speak this not to condemn you: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die and live with you.
4. Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying over you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
5. For, when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; outside were conflicts, inside were fears.
6. Nevertheless God, who comforts those who are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
7. And not by his coming only, but by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced all the more.
8. For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same letter has made you sorry, though it was but for a season.
9. Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might receive harm from us in nothing.
10. For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death.
11. For behold this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly way, what earnestness it worked in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what correction of wrongs! In all things you have shown yourselves to be clear in this matter.
12. Therefore, though I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of the one who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.
13. Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yes, and we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
14. For if I have boasted anything to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found to be truth.
15. And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, while he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.
16. I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.