2 Corinthians 7:10

Paul’s Joy in the Corinthians

9And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.10Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

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Berean Standard Bible
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
American Standard Version (1901)
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Bible in Basic English
For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Free Bible Version
The kind of sorrow God wants us to have makes us change our minds and brings salvation. This kind of sorrow leaves no sense of regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Geneva Bible 1599
For godly sorowe causeth repentance vnto saluation, not to be repented of: but the worldly sorowe causeth death.
King James (Authorized) Version
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Translation for Translators
The fact is that when God causes us to feel truly sorry for having sinned and we turn from our sinful behavior, then God saves us and will not punish us for the sinful things that we have done. And no one is ever sorry about that. However, the people who do not trust in God [MTY] may be sorry for the sinful things that they have done. But if they do not turn from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them, they will remain separated from him forever.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For godly sorrow brings about repentance that accomplishes salvation without regret. Worldly sorrow, however, brings about death.
Noah Webster Bible
For godly sorrow worketh penitence to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
World English Bible
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
Young's Literal Translation
for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,