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2 Corinthians 7:10
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For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
For godly sorrow produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world brings about death.
God will allow a little bit of pain that will produce a whole lot of change. God wants you to have sorrow that will help you turn away from sin and turn to him. And when we turn to him, then we are saved. But beware of worldly sorrow! Worldly sorrow is pain without repentance and that results in 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 grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.
For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation not to be repented of, whereas the sorrow of the world worketh death.
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, a repentance not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world finally produces death.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to saluation not to be repented of, but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
For the grief according to God works repentance to salvation, not to be regretted. But the grief of the world works death.
For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacion, not to be repented of: but worldly sorowe causeth death.
for religious sorrow produces that salutary repentance, which we never regret: but worldly sorrow preys upon life.
For [godly] sorrow that is in accord with the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but worldly sorrow [the hopeless sorrow of those who do not believe] produces death.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.
For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto salvacion not to be repented of: when worldly sorow causeth deeth.
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, [a repentance] which brings no regret: but the sorrow of the world works death.
For godly sorrow worketh penitence to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,
The kind of sorrow God wants makes people change their hearts and lives. This leads to salvation, and you cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has brings death.
For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
When God makes you feel sorry enough to turn to him and be saved, you don't have anything to feel bad about. But when this world makes you feel sorry, it can cause your death.
Pain handled in God's way produces a turning from sin to God which leads to salvation, and there is nothing to regret in that! But pain handled in the world's way produces only death.
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
For godly sorowe causeth repentance vnto saluation, not to be repented of: but the worldly sorowe causeth death.
For sorrow over the things of God causes enduring repentance of the soul, and brings one to life: but sorrow over the things of the world causes death.
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
For having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death.2 Samuel 12:13; Proverbs 17:22; Matthew 26:75;">[xr]
10 For the sorrow that is for the sake of Aloha worketh soul-penitence, [fn] which turneth not and converteth, unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
For, sorrowing on account of God, worketh a conversion of the soul which is not reversed, and a turning unto life: but the sorrowing of the world worketh death.
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There's no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
The sorrow that God uses makes people sorry for their sin and leads them to turn from sin so they can be saved from the punishment of sin. We should be happy for that kind of sorrow, but the sorrow of this world brings death.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.
For, grief according to God, worketh, repentance unto salvation, not to be regretted; although, the grieving of the world, worketh, death.
For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
For grief according to the will of God brings about a repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted, but worldly grief brings about death.
For godly sorowe, causeth repentaunce vnto saluatio, not to be repented of: but the sorowe of the world causeth death.
The kind of sorrow God wants makes people decide to change their lives. This leads them to salvation, and we cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has will bring death.
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
For the sadness that is used by God brings a change of heart that leads to salvation—and there is no regret in that! But sadness that is merely human causes death.
For the sorewe that is aftir God, worchith penaunce in to stidfast heelthe; but sorewe of the world worchith deth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
repentance: 2 Corinthians 12:21, 2 Samuel 12:13, 1 Kings 8:47-50, Job 33:27, Job 33:28, Jeremiah 31:9, Ezekiel 7:16, Ezekiel 18:27-30, Jonah 3:8, Jonah 3:10, Matthew 21:28-32, Matthew 26:75, Luke 15:10, Luke 18:13, Acts 3:19, Acts 11:18, 2 Timothy 2:25, 2 Timothy 2:26
the sorrow: The sorrow of carnal men about worldly objects, loss of fortune, fame, or friends; which, being separated from the fear and love of God, and faith in his providence and mercy, frequently drinks up their spirits, breaks their proud, rebellious hearts, or drives them to lay desperate hands on themselves. Genesis 4:13-15, Genesis 30:1, 1 Samuel 30:6, 2 Samuel 13:4, 2 Samuel 17:23, 1 Kings 21:4, Proverbs 15:13, Proverbs 15:15, Proverbs 17:22, Proverbs 18:14, Jonah 4:9, Matthew 27:4, Matthew 27:5, Hebrews 12:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:31 - when he Leviticus 16:29 - shall afflict Leviticus 23:27 - afflict Deuteronomy 16:3 - the bread Judges 2:4 - the people 1 Samuel 7:2 - lamented 2 Samuel 13:2 - vexed Psalms 30:5 - weeping Psalms 32:6 - godly Ecclesiastes 3:4 - time to weep Isaiah 54:6 - a woman Jeremiah 3:21 - A voice Jeremiah 31:19 - I smote Ezekiel 36:31 - shall loathe Matthew 3:2 - Repent Matthew 3:8 - forth Matthew 5:4 - General Matthew 27:3 - repented Mark 6:12 - preached Mark 10:22 - sad Mark 14:72 - General Luke 3:8 - fruits Luke 6:21 - ye that weep Luke 7:38 - weeping Luke 18:24 - he was Acts 17:30 - but Acts 20:21 - repentance Acts 26:20 - repent 2 Corinthians 2:7 - overmuch 2 Corinthians 7:7 - mourning 2 Corinthians 7:9 - I rejoice 2 Corinthians 7:15 - with 1 Timothy 1:4 - godly Hebrews 6:1 - repentance Hebrews 6:9 - things James 4:9 - afflicted
Cross-References
"I'm going to bring a flood on the Earth that will destroy everything alive under Heaven. Total destruction.
The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth. The waters kept rising, the flood deepened on the Earth, the ship floated on the surface. The flood got worse until all the highest mountains were covered—the high-water mark reached twenty feet above the crest of the mountains. Everything died. Anything that moved—dead. Birds, farm animals, wild animals, the entire teeming exuberance of life—dead. And all people—dead. Every living, breathing creature that lived on dry land died; he wiped out the whole works—people and animals, crawling creatures and flying birds, every last one of them, gone. Only Noah and his company on the ship lived.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation,.... These words contain a reason, proving that they had received no damage, but profit by the sorrow that had possessed them, from the nature of it, a "godly" sorrow; a sorrow which had God for its author; it did not arise from the power of free will, nor from the dictates of a natural conscience, nor from a work of the law on their hearts, or from a fear of hell and damnation, but it sprung from the free grace of God; it was a gift of his grace, the work of his Spirit, and the produce of his almighty power; being such, which no means, as judgments, mercies, or the most powerful ministry of themselves could effect; it was owing to divine instructions; it was heightened and increased with a discovery of the love of God, and views of pardoning grace and mercy being attended with faith in the Lord Jesus Christ: it had God also for its object, as well as its author; it was a sorrow, דמטל אלהא, "which is for God", as the Syriac version reads the words, and also the Ethiopic; on the account of God, his honour, interest, and glory; it was a sorrow for sin, because it was committed against a God of infinite holiness, justice, and truth, goodness, grace, and mercy; and it was a sorrow,
κατα θεον, "according to God", according to the mind and will of God; it was, as it is rendered by the Arabic version, "grateful to God"; what he took notice of, observed, and approved of; and was also such a sorrow as bore some resemblance to what in God goes by the name of grieving and repenting, as that he had made man, because of sin; there being in it a displicency with sin, an hatred of it, and a repentance that ever it was committed: moreover, this sorrow is further described, from its salutary operation, it "worketh repentance"; it is the beginning of it, a part of it, an essential part of it, without which there is no true repentance; this produces it, issues in it, even in an ingenuous confession of sin, a forsaking of it, and in bringing forth fruits meet for repentance, in the life and conversation: and this repentance is unto salvation; not the cause or author of it, for that is Christ alone; nor the condition of it, but is itself a blessing of salvation, a part of it, the initial part of it, by which, and faith we enter upon the possession of salvation; it is an evidence of interest in it, and issues in the full enjoyment of it: and this, or repentance, is such as is
not to be repented of; or that is stable and immovable, as the Vulgate Latin version renders it; which "never returns", or goes back, as the Syriac version, but remains the same not repented of; for to either of them may it be applied: salvation is not to be repented of; it is not repented of by God, who repents not, neither of the thing itself, nor of the way and manner in which it is effected, nor of the persons saved by it, and his choice of them to it; nor is it repented of by them, who believe in Christ to the saving of their souls: nor is true repentance, which is connected with it, to be repented of; God does not repent of giving it, for "his gifts and calling are without repentance"; nor does the repenting sinner repent of it; nor has he any occasion, since it is unto life, even "unto eternal life", as the Ethiopic version here renders it; and as it is called "repentance unto life", in Acts 11:18. This sorrow is likewise illustrated by its contrary,
but the sorrow of the world worketh death; a worldly sorrow is such, as is common to men of the world, as Cain, Pharaoh, Judas, and others; it springs from worldly selfish principles, and proceeds on worldly views; it is often nothing more than a concern for the loss of worldly things, as riches, honours, c. or for a disappointment in the gratification of worldly lusts and pleasures: and this worketh death temporal and eternal death; it sometimes brings diseases and disorders on the body, which issue in death; and sometimes puts men upon destroying themselves, as it did Ahithophel and Judas; it works in the minds of men a fearful apprehension of eternal death, and, if grace prevent not, issues in it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For godly sorrow - “Sorrow according to God” (Ἡ γὰρ κατὰ Θεὸν λύπη Hē gar kata Theon lupē). That is, such sorrow as has respect to God, or is according to his will, or as leads the soul to him. This is a very important expression in regard to true repentance, and shows the exact nature of that sorrow which is connected with a return to God. The phrase may be regarded as implying the following things:
(1) Such sorrow as God approves, or such as is suitable to. or conformable to his will and desires. It cannot mean that it is such sorrow or grief as God has, for he has none; but such as shall be in accordance with what God demands in a return to him. It is a sorrow which his truth is suited to produce on the heart; such a sorrow as shall appropriately arise from viewing sin as God views it; such sorrow as exists in the mind when our views accord with his in regard to the existence, the extent, the nature, and the ill-desert of sin. Such views will lead to sorrow that it has ever been committed; and such views will be “according to God.”
(2) Such sorrow as shall be exercised toward God in view of sin; which shall arise from a view of the evil of sin as committed against a holy God. It is not mainly that it will lead to pain; that it will overwhelm the soul in disgrace; that it will forfeit the favor or lead to the contempt of man; or that it will lead to an eternal hell; but it is such as arises from a view of the evil of sin as committed against a holy and just God, deriving its main evil from the fact that it is an offence against his infinite Majesty. Such sorrow David had Psalms 2:4, when he said, “against thee, thee only have I sinned;” when the offence regarded as committed against, man, enormous as it was, was lost and absorbed in its greater evil when regarded as committed against God. So all true and genuine repentance is that which regards sin as deriving its main evil from the fact that it is committed against God.
(3) That which leads to God. It leads to God to obtain forgiveness; to seek for consolation. A heart truly contrite and penitent seeks God, and implores pardon from him. Other sorrow in view of sin than that which is genuine repentance, leads the person away from God. He seeks consolation in the world; he endeavors to drive away his serious impressions or to drown them in the pleasures and the cares of life. But genuine sorrow for sin leads the soul to God, and conducts the sinner, through the Redeemer, to him to obtain the pardon and peace which he only can give to a wounded spirit. In God alone can pardon and true peace be found; and godly sorrow for sin will seek them there.
Worketh repentance - Produces a change that shall be permanent; a reformation. It is not mere regret; it does not soon pass away in its effects, but it produces permanent and abiding changes. A man who mourns over sin as committed against God, and who seek to God for pardon, will reform his life and truly repent. He who has grief for sin only because it will lead to disgrace or shame, or because it will lead to poverty or pain, will not necessarily break off from it and reform. It is only when it is seen that sin is committed against God and is evil in his sight, that it leads to a change of life.
Not to be repented of - (ἀμεταμέλητον ametamelēton); see the note on 2 Corinthians 7:8. Not to be regretted. It is permanent and abiding. There is no occasion to mourn over such repentance and change of life. It is that which the mind approves, and which it will always approve. There will be no reason for regretting it, and it will never be regretted. And it is so. Who ever yet repented of having truly repented of sin? Who is there, who has there ever been, who became a true penitent, and a true Christian, who ever regretted it? Not an individual has ever been known who regretted his having become a Christian. Not one who regretted that he had become one too soon in life, or that he had served the Lord Jesus too faithfully or too long.
But the sorrow of the world - All sorrow which is not toward God, and which does not arise from just views of sin as committed against God, or lead to God. Probably Paul refers here to the sorrow which arises from worldly causes and which does not lead to God for consolation. Such may be the sorrow which arises from the loss of friends or property; from disappointment, or from shame and disgrace, Perhaps it may include the following things:
(1) Sorrow arising from losses of property and friends, and from disappointment.
(2) Sorrow for sin or vice when it overwhelms the mind with the consciousness of guilt, and when it does not lead to God, and when there is no contrition of soul from viewing it as an offence against God. Thus, a female who has wandered from the paths of virtue, and involved her family and herself in disgrace; or a man who has been guilty of forgery, or perjury, or any other disgraceful crime, and who is detected; a man who has violated the laws of the land, and who has involved himself and family in disgrace, will often feel regret, and sorrow, and also remorse, but it arises wholly from worldly considerations, and does not lead to God.
(3) When the sorrow arises from a view of worldly consequences merely, and when there is no looking to God for pardon and consolation. Thus, people, when they lose their property or friends, often pine in grief without looking to God. Thus, when they have wandered from the path of virtue and have fallen into sin, they often look merely to the disgrace among people, and see their names blasted, and their comforts gone, and pine away in grief. There is no looking to God for pardon or for consolation. The sorrow arises from this world, and it terminates there. It is the loss of what they valued pertaining to this world, and it is all which they had, and it produces death. It is sorrow such as the people of this world have, begins with this world, and terminates with this world.
Worketh death - Tends to death, spiritual, temporal, and eternal. It does not tend to life.
(1) It produces distress only. It is attended with no consolation.
(2) It tends to break the spirit, to destroy the peace, and to mar the happiness.
(3) It often leads to death itself. The spirit is broken, and the heart pines away under the influence of the unalleviated sorrow; or under its influence people often lay violent hands on themselves and take their lives. Life is often closed under the influence of such sorrow.
(4) It tends to eternal death. There is no looking to God; no looking for pardon. It produces murmuring, repining, complaining, fretfulness against God, and thus leads to his displeasure and to the condemnation and ruin of the soul.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 7:10. For godly sorrow — That which has the breach of God's holy law for its object.
Worketh repentance — A thorough change of mind unto salvation, because the person who feels it cannot rest till he finds pardon through the mercy of God.
But the sorrow of the world worketh death. — Sorrow for lost goods, lost friends, death of relatives, c., when it is poignant and deep, produces diseases, increases those that already exist, and often leads men to lay desperate hands on themselves. This sorrow leads to destruction, the other leads to salvation the one leads to heaven, the other to hell.
