Catholic Public Domain Version
"For the sorrow that is according to God accomplishes a repentance which is steadfast unto salvation. But the sorrow that is of the world accomplishes death. "
— 2 Corinthians 7:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”
“For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. ”
“For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.”
“For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.”
“For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”
“For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.”
“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”
and not only by his arrival, but also by the consolation with which he was consoled among you. For he brought to us your desire, your weeping, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
For though I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent. And if I did repent, but only for a time, having realized that the same epistle made you sorrowful,
now I am glad: not because you were sorrowful, but because you were sorrowful unto repentance. For you became sorrowful for God, so that you might not suffer any harm from us.
For the sorrow that is according to God accomplishes a repentance which is steadfast unto salvation. But the sorrow that is of the world accomplishes death.
So consider this same idea, being sorrowful according to God, and what great solicitude it accomplishes in you: including protection, and indignation, and fear, and desire, and zeal, and vindication. In all things, you have shown yourselves to be uncorrupted by this sorrow.
And so, though I wrote to you, it was not because of him who caused the injury, nor because of him who suffered from it, but so as to manifest our solicitude, which we have for you before God.
Therefore, we have been consoled. But in our consolation, we have rejoiced even more abundantly over the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you.