2Cor 7:9 Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:9
9: Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to have remorse and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way.
Jeremiah 31:18
- I have heard Israel saying, `You disciplined me severely, but I deserved it. I was like a calf that needed to be trained for the yoke and plow. Turn me again to you and restore me, for you alone are the LORD my God.
- I turned away from God, but then I was sorry. I kicked myself for my stupidity! I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.'
- "Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?" asks the LORD. "I had to punish him, but I still love him. I long for him and surely will have mercy on him.
2 Corinthians 10:8
- I may seem to be boasting too much about the authority given to us by the Lord. But this authority is to build you up, not to tear you down. And I will not be put to shame by having my work among you destroyed.
- Now this is not just an attempt to frighten you by my letters.
- For some say, "Don't worry about Paul. His letters are demanding and forceful, but in person he is weak, and his speeches are really bad!"
2 Corinthians 13:8
- Our responsibility is never to oppose the truth, but to stand for the truth at all times.
- We are glad to be weak, if you are really strong. What we pray for is your restoration to maturity.
- I am writing this to you before I come, hoping that I won't need to deal harshly with you when I do come. For I want to use the authority the Lord has given me to build you up, not to tear you down.
Acts 20:21
- I have had one message for Jews and Gentiles alike--the necessity of turning from sin and turning to God, and of faith in our Lord Jesus.
Ecclesiastes 7:3
- Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us.
Psalms 38:18
- But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done.
Isaiah 6:9
- And he said, "Yes, go. But tell my people this: `You will hear my words, but you will not understand. You will see what I do, but you will not perceive its meaning.'
- Harden the hearts of these people. Close their ears, and shut their eyes. That way, they will not see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn to me for healing."
- Then I said, "Lord, how long must I do this?" And he replied, "Until their cities are destroyed, with no one left in them. Until their houses are deserted and the whole country is an utter wasteland.
Luke 15:7
- In the same way, heaven will be happier over one lost sinner who returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away!
2 Corinthians 7:10
- For God can use sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation. We will never regret that kind of sorrow. But sorrow without repentance is the kind that results in death.
- Just see what this godly sorrow produced in you! Such earnestness, such concern to clear yourselves, such indignation, such alarm, such longing to see me, such zeal, and such a readiness to punish the wrongdoer. You showed that you have done everything you could to make things right.
2 Corinthians 2:16
- To those who are perishing we are a fearful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?
2 Corinthians 7:6
- But God, who encourages those who are discouraged, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.
- His presence was a joy, but so was the news he brought of the encouragement he received from you. When he told me how much you were looking forward to my visit, and how sorry you were about what had happened, and how loyal your love is for me, I was filled with joy!
2 Corinthians 1:12
- We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have been honest and sincere in all our dealings. We have depended on God's grace, not on our own earthly wisdom. That is how we have acted toward everyone, and especially toward you.
Luke 15:32
- We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!'"
Zechariah 12:10
- "Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on all the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.
Luke 15:17
- "When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, 'At home even the hired men have food enough to spare, and here I am, dying of hunger!
- I will go home to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
- and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired man."'
- "So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long distance away, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
- His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. '
Luke 15:10
- In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels when even one sinner repents."