2 Corinthians 7:9

2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 10:8-10; 2 Corinthians 13:8-10; 2 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 7:10; 2 Corinthians 7:11; 2 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 7:7; Acts 20:21; Ecclesiastes 7:3; Isaiah 6:9-11; Jeremiah 31:18-20; Luke 15:10; Luke 15:17-24; Luke 15:32; Luke 15:7; Zechariah 12:10

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry ... - I have no pleasure in giving pain to anyone, or in witnessing the distress of any. When people a...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to (f) repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receiv...
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,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sorrowed = were grieved. to . mite. Greek. gin, as in a. repentance. Greek. metanoia. App-111. Here is the difference between Paul's repen...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Not because you have been made sorry. He means, that he feels no pleasure whatever in their sorrow — nay more, had he his choice, he would...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive da...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receiv...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That ye sorrowed to repentance. — Here the true word for “repentance” is used in all the fulness of its meaning. (See Notes on Matthew 3:2 ; Matt...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 19 REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE. 2 Corinthians 7:2-16 (R.V) IN this fine passage St. Paul completes, as far as it lay upon his side to do so,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Joyous Effect of Godly Sorrow 2 Corinthians 7:5-16 After dispatching his first Epistle, with the strong words of 2 Corinthians 5:1-21 and...
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...
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 befo...
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 repentan...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry ,.... Their grief and sorrow, as a natural passion, was no matter or cause of joy to him; nor was this wh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive da...
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; altho...
L. 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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Various Exhortations. A. D. 57. 5 For, whe...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: the apostle takes all advantages to insinuate himself into the good...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Triumphant Return of Titus And Paul's Full Reconciliation With The Corinthian Church ( 2 Corinthians 7:1-16 ) Having searchingly examined thei...
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 7:1 . Therefore .—This verse a branch broken from 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 . This word is like the jagged fibres whic...
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 prec...
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. Unfli...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Conclusion of his appeal ( 2 Corinthians 7:1 ). The apostle's feelings towards them ( 2 Corinthians 7:2-47 ). Explanation of the obje...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly manner that ye might receive da...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's rejoicing over the result of his measures:

⁹ Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry aftera a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 7:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 7:9