1 He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life;
2 and to bear him like affection as he does to them.
3 Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declares what comfort he took in his afflictions by the report which Titus gave of their godly sorrow, which his former epistle had wrought in them;
13 and of their loving-kindness and obedience toward Titus, answerable to his former boastings of them.

therefore. 1:20 6:17,18 Ro 5:20,21 6:1 *etc: Heb 4:1 2Pe 1:4-8

let. Ps 51:10 119:9 Pr 20:9 30:12 Isa 1:16 Jer 13:27 Eze 18:30-32 Eze 36:25,26 Mt 5:8 12:33 23:25,26 Lu 11:39,40 Tit 2:11-14 Jas 4:8 1Pe 1:22 2:11 1Jo 1:7,9 3:3

filthiness. Isa 55:7 Jer 4:14 1Co 6:20 Eph 2:3 1Th 5:23

perfecting. Mt 5:48 Eph 4:12,13 Php 3:12-15 1Th 3:13 4:7 Heb 12:23 1Pe 5:10

in. 2Ch 19:9 Ps 19:9 Pr 8:13 16:6 Ac 9:31 Heb 12:28

2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

Receive. 11:16 Mt 10:14,40 Lu 10:8 Php 2:29 Col 4:10 Phm 1:12,17 2Jo 1:10 3Jo 1:8-10

we have wronged. 1:12 4:2 6:3-7 11:9 12:14-18 Nu 16:15 1Sa 12:3,4 Ac 20:33 Ro 16:18 1Th 2:3-6,10 2Th 3:7-9

3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

to condemn. 12 2:4,5 13:10 1Co 4:14,15

for. 6:11,12

ye. 3:2 11:11 12:15 Php 1:8,9

to die. Ru 1:16,17 1Th 2:8

4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

my boldness. 3:12 6:11 10:1,2 11:21 Eph 6:19,20 Php 1:20 1Th 2:2

great. 1:14 9:2-4 1Co 1:4 1Th 2:19

I am filled. 6,7 1:4 2:14 6:10 Ac 5:41 Ro 5:3 Php 2:17 Col 1:24 1Th 3:7-9 Jas 1:2

5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

when. 1:16,17 2:13 Ac 20:1 1Co 16:5

our. 4:8-12 11:23-30 Ge 8:9 Isa 33:12 Jer 8:18 45:3 Mt 11:28-30

troubled. 4:8 Job 18:11 Jer 6:25 20:10

without. De 32:25 1Co 15:31

fears. 2:3,9 11:29 12:20,21 Ga 4:11,19,20 1Th 3:5

6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

that comforteth. 1:3,4 2:14 Isa 12:1 51:12 57:15,18 61:1,2 Jer 31:13 Mt 5:4 Joh 14:16 Ro 15:5 Php 2:1 2Th 2:16,17

comforted. 2:13 1Co 16:17,18 1Th 3:2,6,7 3Jo 1:2-4

7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

but. Ac 11:23 Ro 1:12 Col 2:5 1Th 3:8 2Jo 1:4

when. 11 2:9 Ps 141:5 Pr 9:8,9

earnest. 5:2 8:16 Lu 22:44 Php 1:20 Heb 2:1 Jas 5:17 Jude 1:3

mourning. 10 Jud 2:4,5 Ps 6:1-6 30:5 31:9-11 38:18 51:1 126:5,6 Jer 31:18-20 Mt 5:4 26:75 Jas 4:9,10

fervent. 1:14 2:3,4 1Th 3:6

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

though I made. 6,11 2:2-11 La 3:32 Mt 26:21,22 Lu 22:61,62 Joh 16:6 21:17 Heb 12:9-11 Re 3:19

though I did. Ex 5:22,23 Jer 20:7-9

9 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 damage by us in nothing.

I rejoice. See on ver. 6,7,10 Ec 7:3 Jer 31:18-20 Zec 12:10 Lu 15:7,10,17-24,32 Ac 20:21

after a godly manner. or, according to God. 10,11 1:12 *Gr:

that ye. 2:16 10:8-10 13:8-10 Isa 6:9-11

10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

repentance. 12:21 2Sa 12:13 1Ki 8:47-50 Job 33:27,28 Jer 31:9 Eze 7:16 Eze 18:27-30 Jon 3:8,10 Mt 21:28-32 26:75 Lu 15:10 18:13 Ac 3:19 11:18 2Ti 2:25,26

the sorrow. The sorrow of carnal men about worldly objects, loss of fortune, fame, or friends; which, being separated from the fear and love of God, and faith in his providence and mercy, frequently drinks up their spirits, breaks their proud, rebellious hearts, or drives them to lay desperate hands on themselves.

Ge 4:13-15 30:1 1Sa 30:6 2Sa 13:4 17:23 1Ki 21:4 Pr 15:13,15 Pr 17:22 18:14 Jon 4:9 Mt 27:4,5 Heb 12:17

11 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.

that. 9 Isa 66:2 Zec 12:10-14 1Co 5:2

carefulness. See on ver. 7 1Co 12:25 Tit 3:8

clearing. Ge 44:6,7 1Co 5:13 Eph 5:11 1Ti 5:21,22

indignation. 2Sa 12:5-7 Ne 5:6 *etc: Ne 13:25 Job 42:6 Jer 31:18-20 Da 6:14 Mr 3:5 Eph 4:26

fear. 1 Ps 2:11 Pr 14:16 28:14 Ro 11:20 Php 2:12 Heb 4:1 12:15,16 1Pe 1:17 Jude 1:23

vehement. Ps 38:9 42:1 130:6 145:19 So 8:6 Isa 26:8 1Pe 2:2

zeal. 9:2 Ps 69:9 119:139 Joh 2:17 Ac 17:16

revenge. Ps 35:13 Mt 5:29,30 Mr 9:43-48 Re 3:19

approved. 6:4 13:7 Ro 14:18 2Ti 2:15

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

I did. 2:9 1Co 5:1

that our. 2:4,17 11:11,28 1Ti 3:5

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

we were. 2:3 Ro 12:15 1Co 12:26 13:5-7 Php 2:28 1Pe 3:8

because. 15 Ro 15:32 1Co 16:13 2Ti 1:16 Phm 1:20

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

if. 4 8:24 9:2-4

we. 1:18-20

15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

inward affection is. Gr. bowels are. 6:12 Ge 43:30 1Ki 3:26 So 5:4 Php 1:8 Col 3:12 1Jo 3:17

the obedience. 2:9 10:5,6 Php 2:12 2Th 3:14

with. See on ver. 10,11 Ezr 9:4 10:9 Job 21:6 Ps 2:11 119:120 Isa 66:2 Ho 13:1 Ac 16:29 Eph 6:5 Php 2:12

16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

that. 2Th 3:4 Phm 8:21