2nd Corinthians Chapter 7 verse 10 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndCorinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, `a repentance' which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
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BBE 2ndCorinthians 7:10

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.
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DARBY 2ndCorinthians 7:10

For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.
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KJV 2ndCorinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
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WEB 2ndCorinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
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YLT 2ndCorinthians 7:10

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - For godly sorrow, etc. "For the sorrow Which is according to God worketh out a repentance unto salvation which bringeth no regret." Sin causes regret, remorse, that sort of repentance (metomeleia) which is merely an unavailing rebellion against the inevitable consequences of misdoing; but the sorrow of self-reproach which follows true repentance (metanoia, change of mind) is never followed by regret. Some take "not to be regretted" with "salvation," but it is a very unsuitable adjective to that substantive. The sorrow of the world. Here sorrow for the loss, or disappointment, or shame, or ruin, or sickness caused by sin; such as the false repentance of Cain, Saul, Ahithophel, Judas, etc. Death. Moral and spiritual death always, and sometimes physical death, and always - unless it is followed by true repentance - eternal death, which is the opposite of salvation (Romans 5:21).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) For godly sorrow.--Again we note the needless variation which is the easily besetting sin of the English version. Better, as before, the sorrow which is after the will of God.Repentance to salvation not to be repented of.--Here the English effaces a distinction in the original. (See Note on Matthew 27:3,) Better, repentance unto salvation, giving no matter for regret. The adjective, or adjectival phrase, may qualify either "repentance" or "salvation." The latter seems preferable.But the sorrow of the world worketh death.--As contrasted with "salvation," death must be taken in its widest sense. The mere sorrow of the world leads only to remorse and despair, to the death of a broken heart, possibly to suicide; in any case, to the loss of the true eternal life.