2 CORINTHIANS 7:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.”
See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter — the sevenfold fruit (spoudē, apologia, aganaktēsis, phobos, pothos, zēlos, ekdikēsis) demonstrates transformation. The Corinthians have proven their integrity through their response.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 7:11
“For behold,” he says, “this self-same thing, that you were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you.” 'For not only,' he says, 'did your sorrow not cast you into that condemning of yourselves, as having acted idly in so doing; but it made you even more careful.' Then he speaks of the certain tokens of that carefulness; “Yea,” what “clearing of yourselves,” towards me. “Yea, what indignation” against him that had sinned. “Yea, what fear.” 2…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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