NKJV Bible in 365 Days
Godly Sorrow and Generous Giving — November 15
2 Corinthians 7-8
2 Corinthians 7
1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 365N 319.1
2 Open your hearts to us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one. 365N 319.2
3 I do not say this to condemn; for I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. 365N 319.3
4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation. 365N 319.4
5 For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears. 365N 319.5
6 Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 365N 319.6
7 and not only by his coming, but also by the [a] consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more. 365N 319.7
8 For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while. 365N 319.8
9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 365N 319.9
10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. 365N 319.10
11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 365N 319.11
12 Therefore, although I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you. 365N 319.12
13 Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort. And we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. 365N 319.13
14 For if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I am not ashamed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting to Titus was found true. 365N 319.14
15 And his affections are greater for you as he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him. 365N 319.15
16 Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything. 365N 319.16
2 Corinthians 8
1 Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia: 365N 319.17
2 that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. 365N 319.18
3 For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing, 365N 319.19
4 imploring us with much urgency [a] that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 365N 319.20
5 And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God. 365N 319.21
6 So we urged Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also complete this grace in you as well. 365N 319.22
7 But as you abound in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us— see that you abound in this grace also. 365N 319.23
8 I speak not by commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others. 365N 319.24
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. 365N 319.25
10 And in this I give advice: It is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and were desiring to do a year ago; 365N 319.26
11 but now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have. 365N 319.27
12 For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have. 365N 319.28
13 For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened; 365N 319.29
14 but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, that their abundance also may supply your lack—that there may be equality. 365N 319.30
15 As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.” 365N 319.31
16 But thanks be to God who [b] puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus. 365N 319.32
17 For he not only accepted the exhortation, but being more diligent, he went to you of his own accord. 365N 319.33
18 And we have sent with him the brother whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches, 365N 319.34
19 and not only that, but who was also chosen by the churches to travel with us with this gift, which is administered by us to the glory of the Lord Himself and to show your ready mind, 365N 319.35
20 avoiding this: that anyone should blame us in this lavish gift which is administered by us— 365N 319.36
21 providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 365N 319.37
22 And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, because of the great confidence which we have in you. 365N 319.38
23 If anyone inquires about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker concerning you. Or if our brethren are inquired about, they are messengers [c] of the churches, the glory of Christ. 365N 319.39
24 Therefore show to them, [d] and before the churches, the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf. 365N 319.40