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


In Context

7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation with which 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.

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

9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry after a godly manner, that you might receive damage by us in nothing.

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

11 For behold this selfsame thing, that you sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it worked in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what revenge! In all things you have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

12 Why, though I wrote to 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 to you.

2 Corinthians 7:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:10Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:10For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:10For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:10For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:10For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:10For godly sorrow worketh penitence to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:10For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:10for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,