来自{publisher｝1Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[1] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. (彼前2:11; 约一3:3)
Paul’s Joy
2Make room in your hearts[2] for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. (徒20:33; 林后6:12; 林后11:20)3I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. (林后6:11)4I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy. (林后1:4; 林后1:12; 林后3:12; 林后6:10; 林后8:24; 林后9:2; 腓2:17; 西1:24)5For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. (申32:25; 哀1:20; 林后2:13)6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, (林后1:4; 林后7:13; 帖前3:6)7and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.8For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it—though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. (林后2:2; 林后2:4)9As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. (诗38:18; 林前5:2)10For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. (撒下12:13; 箴17:22; 徒11:18)11For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter. (林后2:6)12So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God. (林前5:1)13Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. (羅15:32; 林后7:6)14For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true. (林后4:2; 林后6:7; 林后8:24; 林后9:2; 林后10:8; 帖后1:4)15And his affection for you is even greater, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling. (林后2:9; 林后10:6)16I rejoice, because I have complete confidence in you. (林后2:3)