1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith 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 epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto 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 unto you. 13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. 14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. 15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. 16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

1 Terwyl ons dan hierdie beloftes het, geliefdes, laat ons ons van alle besoedeling van die vlees en die gees reinig, en laat ons die heiligmaking in die vrees van God volbring.

2 Maak vir ons ruimte in julle harte. Ons het niemand onreg aangedoen nie, ons het niemand benadeel nie, ons het op niemand voordeel behaal nie.

3 Ek sê dit nie om te veroordeel nie, want ek het vantevore gesê dat julle in ons harte is om saam te sterwe en saam te lewe.

4 Ek het groot vrymoedigheid teenoor julle; my roem oor julle is groot; ek is vervul met troos; ek loop oor van blydskap in al ons verdrukking.

5 Want ook toe ons in Macedonië gekom het, het ons vlees geen rus gehad nie, maar ons is op allerhande maniere verdruk; van buite was daar aanvegtinge, van binne verskrikkinge.

6 Maar Hy wat die nederige troos, naamlik God, het ons getroos deur die koms van Titus;

7 en nie deur sy koms alleen nie, maar ook deur die troos waarmee hy oor julle getroos is, deurdat hy aan ons berig gebring het van julle verlange, julle verdriet, julle ywer vir my, sodat ek my nog meer verbly het.

8 Want, al het ek julle ook deur die brief bedroef gemaak, is ek nie jammer nie, al was ek ook jammer. Want ek sien dat daardie brief, al was dit vir 'n kort tydjie, julle bedroef gemaak het.

9 Nou is ek bly, nie omdat julle bedroef was nie, maar omdat julle bedroef was tot bekering, want julle was bedroef volgens die wil van God, sodat julle deur ons in niks skade gely het nie.

10 Want die droefheid volgens die wil van God werk 'n onberoulike bekering tot redding, maar die droefheid van die wêreld werk die dood.

11 Want kyk, juis dit, dat julle bedroef geword het volgens die wil van God -- wat 'n groot ywer het dit in julle gewerk, ja, verantwoording, verontwaardiging, vrees, verlange, ywer, bestraffing. In alles het julle bewys dat julle in die saak rein is.

12 Al het ek ook aan julle geskrywe, dan was dit nie ter wille van hom wat onreg gedoen het nie, of ter wille van hom wat onreg gely het nie, maar dat ons ywer vir julle aan julle duidelik kan word voor God.

13 Daarom is ons getroos oor julle vertroosting en het veral bly geword oor die blydskap van Titus, omdat sy gees deur julle almal verkwik is.

14 Want as ek iets by hom oor julle geroem het, is ek nie beskaam nie; maar soos ons alles met waarheid tot julle gespreek het, so het ook ons roem by Titus waarheid geword.

15 En sy hart is julle veral toegeneë as hy hom die gehoorsaamheid van julle almal herinner, hoe julle hom met vrees en bewing ontvang het.

16 Ek verbly my dus dat ek my in alle opsigte op julle kan verlaat.