¶ Having therefore¹ these promises, dearly beloved, let² us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness³ of the flesh and spirit, perfecting⁴ holiness in⁵ the fear of God.

Receive⁶ us; we have wronged⁷ no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

I speak not this to condemn⁸ you: for⁹ I have said before, that ye¹⁰ are in our hearts to die¹¹ and live with you.

Great is my boldness¹² of speech toward you, great¹³ is my glorying of you: I am filled¹⁴ with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

¶ For, when¹⁵ we were come into Macedonia, our¹⁶ flesh had no rest, but we were troubled¹⁷ on every side; without¹⁸ were fightings, within were fears¹⁹.

Nevertheless God, that comforteth²⁰ those that are cast down, comforted²¹ us by the coming of Titus;

And not by his coming only, but²² by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when²³ he told us your earnest²⁴ desire, your mourning²⁵, your fervent²⁶ mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

For though I made²⁷ you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did²⁸ repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

Now I rejoice²⁹, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner³⁰, that ye³¹ might receive damage by us in nothing.

¶ For godly sorrow worketh repentance³² to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow³³ of the world worketh death.

For behold this selfsame thing, that³⁴ ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness³⁵ it wrought in you, yea, what clearing³⁶ of yourselves, yea, what indignation³⁷, yea, what fear³⁸, yea, what vehement³⁹ desire, yea, what zeal⁴⁰, yea, what revenge⁴¹! In all things ye have approved⁴² yourselves to be clear in this matter.

¶ Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did⁴³ it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our⁴⁴ care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

Therefore we were⁴⁵ comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because⁴⁶ his spirit was refreshed by you all.

For if⁴⁷ I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we⁴⁸ spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

And his inward affection is⁴⁹ more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience⁵⁰ of you all, how with⁵¹ fear and trembling ye received him.

I rejoice therefore that⁵² I have confidence in you in all things.