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2 Corinthians 7:10

For the sadness. "God is able to use the sadness that regrets actions which were contrary to God, to change our heart and bring us to himself! The Corinthians were sad because their actions against Paul had also been against God. Change our heart = repent = turn from sin to God. Worldly sadness. This produces only guilt, and does not change our hearts. Contrast Peter and Judas. Peter regretted his action in denying Jesus, and God used this to make him repent. Judas regretted the results of his action, and the Devil used this guilt to drive him to suicide! Some make the mistake of trying to drive people to God by using the guilt of worldly sadness!

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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 feel...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    8. THE APOSTLE'S EXHORTATIONS AND REJOICINGS. CHAPTER 6:14-7 _ 1. His Exhortations. (2 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1 .)_ 2. His Rejoicing and Confidence. (2 Corinthians 7:2

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    AGONISING ANXIETY HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY ABUNDANT JOY. The cause of his anxiety had been in part the condition of affairs in the church at Corinth, but even more the measures he had taken to deal with...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    For when we arrived in Macedonia we could find no rest for our body, but we were sore pressed on every side. There were wars without and fears within. But he who comforts the lowly comforted us--I mea...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    GET YOU OUT (2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1) 7:1 Do not allow yourselves to become joined in an alien yoke with unbelievers. What partnership can there be between righteousness and lawless...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GODLY SORROW. grief (Greek. _lupe._ See 2 Corinthians 2:1) according to God, as in 2 Corinthians 7:9. Compare Psalms 51.Matthew 26:75

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Exhortation to set aside all suspicion and to confide in the Apostle's love and zeal for their spiritual well-being 2. _Receive us_ Literally, MAKE ROOM FOR US (-capaces estote nostri," Erasmus and C...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _For godly sorrow worketh repentance_ Rather, FOR THE SORROW which is ACCORDING TO GOD (_that is aftir God_, Wiclif) WORKETH CHANGE OF MIND. The difference between the true repentance and the false re...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    5–16. Statement of the happy tidings brought from Corinth by Titus. Comp. the similar mission of Timothy to Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 3:1-8). For the silence about Timothy here see on 2 Corinthian...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΡΓΆΖΕΤΑΙ (אBCDP) rather that κατεργάζεται (א3FGKL). 10. ΜΕΤΆΝΟΙΑΝ ΕἸΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΊΑΝ�. _Repentance_ WHICH BRINGETH NO REGRET. The A.V. again creates a verbal antithesis which is not in the Greek; ‘repentan...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _GODLY SORROW WORKS REPENTANCE 2 CORINTHIANS 7:9-11:_ Paul rejoiced because their sorrow and hurt feelings caused them to turn back to God. He had no desire to harm or damage them in any way. He only...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΛΎΠΗ (G3077) боль, горе, ΆΜΕΤΑΜΈΛΗΤΟΣ (G278) _adj._ vb. не раскаивающийся. Относится либо к покаянию, либо к спасению, либо и к тому, и к другому; то есть "покаяние. ведущее к спасению" (Hughes; Barr...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 2031 REPENTANCE EXEMPLIFIED IN THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH 2 Corinthians 7:10. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. For b...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR GODLY SORROW, &C.— See the _Inferences._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's Frankness Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 7:4-13 a. Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with jo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Action (2 Corinthians 7:10-11) 10For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. For see what earn...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. WORKETH ... WORKETH. In the best Greek reading ['Aleph (') B Delta, ergazetai (G2038...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    17 Isa_52:11; LXX, with alterations. Paul is not misquoting from memory, as is usually supposed. He makes inspired alterations to suit the occasion. 2 What a tender yet cutting rebuke to the Corinthia...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _(E) 7:2-16. THE APOSTLE'S JOY IN THE CORINTHIANS' REPENTANCE_ St. Paul goes on to ask them to give him their affection, and renews his assurance of purity of deed and motive. He tells them of the sus...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GODLY SORROW, etc.] The contrast is between repentance and remorse, between sorrow for sin and sorrow for its consequences: cp. St. Peter and Judas. REPENTANCE TO SALVATION] cp. 'Heart-sorrow and a c...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 7 V2 Be sincere with us. We have not done wrong things to anyone. We have not made anyone behave wrongly. We have not che...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR GODLY SORROW. — Again we note the needless variation which is the easily besetting sin of the English version. Better, as before, _the sorrow which is after the will of God._ REPENTANCE TO SALVATI...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 19 REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE. 2 Corinthians 7:2 (R.V) IN this fine passage St. Paul completes, as far as it lay upon his side to do so, his reconciliation with the Corinthians. It concludes the f...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἡ γὰρ κατὰ Θεὸν λύπη κ. τ. λ.: _for such godly sorrow, i.e._, sorrow for sin as an offence against God (Psalms 50:6) and not only for the temporal consequences of sin (_cf._ Bengel, “animi Deum specta...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    HE WAS COMFORTED TO LEARN FROM TITUS THAT HIS REBUKE HAD BEEN PROFITABLE. _Cf._ throughout 1 Thessalonians 3:1-8, a passage strikingly like this in its human sympathy and kindliness....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE JOYOUS EFFECT OF GODLY SORROW 2 Corinthians 7:5 After dispatching his first Epistle, with the strong words of 2 Corinthians 5:1 and elsewhere, Paul's tender heart had been rent with anxiety lest...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The section culminates in an appeal full of local coloring and suggestion. In a great cry he gave expression to the hunger of his heart when he wrote, "Make room for us" (see margin). He then declared...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    VERSE 10 Sorrow that comes out of faith in God and desire to please him will cause the sorrowful to desire to change. Such sorrow will bring happiness because salvation of the one made sorry is the en...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For (g) godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. (g) God's sorrow occurs when we are not terrified with the fear of punishment, bu...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    For the sorrow, &c. Sorrow for the loss of temporal goods, such as friends, riches, honours, &c. is productive of no good effects; but on the contrary, it ruins the constitution, exciting in the soul...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (2) Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. (3) I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE NATURE OF TRUE REPENTANCE_ ‘Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: … for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorr...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    10._Sorrow according to God _(644) In the _first _place, in order to understand what is meant by this _clause according to God, _we must observe the contrast, for the _sorrow that is according to God...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The apostle returns to his own relationships with the Corinthians relations formed by the word of his ministry. And now having laid open what this ministry really was, he seeks to prevent the bonds be...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. Ver. 10. _Godly sorrow worketh_] Sin bred sorrow, and sorrow, being right, destroyet...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For though I made you sorry_ Caused you much distress and pain of mind by the letter I formerly wrote; _I do not_ now _repent_ Of writing it; _although I did repent_ After it was sent away, fearing i...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    GODLY SORROW; such as God requires; which grieves for sin because it dishonors God. REPENTANCE TO SALVATION; that sorrow for sin which leads a man to forsake it, and look to Christ for salvation. NO...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Paul's rejoicing over the result of his measures:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FOR GODLY SORROW WORKETH REPENTANCE TO SALVATION NOT TO BE REPENTED OF; BUT THE SORROW OF THE WORLD WORKETH DEATH....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Verse 1 is plainly connected with chapter 6. Because the saints of God have these promises, and because they are dearly beloved, they are exhorted to cleanse themselves from all filthiness of the fles...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-11 There were fightings without, or continual contentions with, and opposition from Jews and Gentiles; and there were fears within, and great concern for such as had embraced the Christian faith. B...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    GODLY SORROW; that sorrow which is according to God, either commanded by him, (as sorrow for our own or others sins, or for the judgments of God, as they are the indications of God's wrath and displea...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. [Godly sorrow results in repentance, and repentance results in sal...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Tenth This grief, then, appears to be accompanied by salvation, because the man, after having done a wicked deed, repented.[3] Pseudo-Cyprian Exhortation to Repentance...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Corinthians 7:10 For G1063 godly G2316 G2596 sorrow G3077 produces G2716 (G5736) repentance G3341 to G1519

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF TITUS AND PAUL'S FULL RECONCILIATION WITH THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH (2 CORINTHIANS 7:1) Having searchingly examined their credentials by portraying to them the essence of the new...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry resulting in repentance; for you were made sorry after a godly sort, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing. For godly s...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    2 Corinthians 7:10. FOR GODLY SORROW WORKETH REPENTANCE TO SALVATION, _A REPENTANCE _ BRINGING NO REGRET. The two words here used mean quite different things, and the difference is so important that t...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    FOR GODLY SORROW (η γαρ κατα θεον λυπη). "For the sorrow according to God" (God's ideal, verse 2 Corinthians 7:9).WORKETH REPENTANCE UNTO SALVATION A REPENTANCE WITHOUT REGRET (μετανοιαν εις σωτηρ...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    SALVATION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _ WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (Galatians 6:14); (John 7:7). ( See Scofield) - ...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    2 Corinthians 7:10 Notice: I. Godly sorrow: its nature and origin. (1) The nature of godly sorrow. In the immediate context it is directly contrasted with a commoner truth, the sorrow of the world. T...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Paul opens his heart to the Corinthians concerning purpose of his former letter. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Titus. CONCLUSION: The true servant of God cannot but be grieved that he must rebuke...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Corinthians 7:1. _Having therefore these promises._ Our good archbishop Langton is blamed by many critics for separating this verse from the preceding chapter. The great and precious promises of the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For though I made you sorry with a letter I do not repent, though I did repent._ THE SPIRIT OF APOSTOLICAL REBUKE It was marked by-- I. Unflinching severity. St. Paul rejoiced in the pain he had in...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 7:10 REPENTANCE. Regret for having lost God’s approval, which leads to a commitment to reverse one’s conduct and live for God ...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 7 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He declares his love, sincerity, and his confidence in the Corinthians. II. He declares (ver. 6) his joy at their repentance and amendment. III. He states (ver...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _For gladly sorrow worketh repentance._ Observe 1. that the Apostle here distinguishes two kinds of sorrow, one according to God, and one of the world. The sorrow of the world, or carnal sorrow, is th...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 7:1. THEREFORE.—This verse a branch broken from 2 Corinthians 6:16. This word is like the jagged fibres which tell of the violence, and point back to the parent stem. HA...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Conclusion of his appeal (2 Corinthians 7:1). The apostle's feelings towards them (2 Corinthians 7:2). Explanation of the objects of his last letter, and expression of his joy at the good r...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn in our Bibles now to II Corinthians, chapter seven. The first verse of chapter seven immediately refers us back to chapter six. And so as we look at this, we realize that chapter seven m...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 21:4; 1 Kings 8:47; 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Corinthians 12:21;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Sorrow - repentance [λ υ π η - μ ε τ α ν ο ι α ν]. Paul's words strike effectively at the popular identification of sorrow with repentance. Not to be repented of [α μ ε τ α μ ε λ η τ ο ν]. Construe wi...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The sorrow of the world — Sorrow that arises from worldly considerations. Worketh death — Naturally tends to work or occasion death, temporal, spiritual, and eternal....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Note here, that sorrow for sin, will be of no advantage or avail upon us, if it be not godly sorrow, or. SORROW ACCORDING TO GOD, as it runs in the original. Now it may be called. sorrow according to...

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