1 GLT Therefore, beloved, having these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. BSB BSB: Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2 GLT Make room for us! We wronged no one; we ruined no one; we took advantage of no one. BSB BSB: Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
3 GLT I do not speak for your condemnation; for I have already said that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together. BSB BSB: I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
4 GLT Great{ is} my confidence in you; great{ is} my boasting on your behalf. I have been filled with encouragement. I overflow with this joy in all our afflictions. BSB BSB: Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
5 GLT For even having come to Macedonia, our flesh had no relief at all, but{ we were} being afflicted in every{ way}— conflicts without, fears within. BSB BSB: For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
6 GLT But God, the one comforting the humble, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, BSB BSB: But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
7 GLT and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, reporting to us your longing, your mourning,{ and} your zeal for my sake, so that I was caused to rejoice even more. BSB BSB: and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
8 GLT For even if I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret{ it}. Even if I was regretting{ it}(I see that that letter grieved you, if only for an hour), BSB BSB: Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—
9 GLT now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to{ the point of} repentance. For you were grieved with respect to God, so that you would not suffer loss in anything through us. BSB BSB: yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
10 GLT For the sorrow with respect to God works repentance towards salvation without regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death. BSB BSB: Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
11 GLT For behold how much earnestness this same thing produced in you, to be made sorrowful with respect to God: what defense, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal,{ and} what vindication! In everything you proved yourselves to be pure in this matter. BSB BSB: Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
12 GLT So even though I wrote to you,{ it was} not for the sake of the one having done wrong, nor for the sake of the one having suffered wrong, but so that your earnestness which{ is} on our behalf might be revealed to you before God. BSB BSB: So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.
13 GLT Because of this we have been encouraged. Now in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced even more abundantly at the joy of Titus, because his spirit had been refreshed by all of you. BSB BSB: On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
14 GLT For if I had boasted anything to him about you, I was not ashamed, but as we spoke everything to you in truth, in the same way also our boasting became the truth to Titus. BSB BSB: Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
15 GLT And his affections towards you are more abundant, remembering the obedience of all of you, how you received him with fear and trembling. BSB BSB: And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
16 GLT I rejoice that in everything I am confident in you. BSB BSB: I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.
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