Study it in the app“now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved into a change of mind; for you were grieved according to God, so that in nothing you might suffer loss from us.”
nowνῦνI rejoice,χαίρωnotοὐχthatὅτιyou were grieved,ἐλυπήθητεbutἀλλ’thatὅτιyou were grievedἐλυπήθητεintoεἰςa change of mind;μετάνοιανforγὰρyou were grievedἐλυπήθητεaccording toκατὰGod,θεόνso thatἵναinἐνnothingμηδενὶyou might suffer lossζημιωθῆτεfromἐξus.ἡμῶν
rejoice
To feel joy and gladness about something.
Where else “chairō” appearsgrieve
Make sad; be sad, grieve.
Where else “elypēthēte” appearschange of mind
Change of mind: turning around one's way of thinking and of living to return to God. It is usually translated "repentance".
Where else “metanoian” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appearsno one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēdeni” appearslose, suffer loss
Lose, suffer loss.
Where else “zēmiōthēte” appears8For even if I grieved you by the letter, I do not regret it; even if I did regret it —I see that that letter grieved you, even if only for a while—
9 · This verse (above)
10For grief according to God produces a change of mind leading to salvation, without regret; but the grief of the world produces death.
