2Make room for us. We harmed no one, we destroyed no one, we exploited no one.3I do not say this toward condemnation, for I have already foretold that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together.4Great is my boldness toward you; great is my pride on your behalf. I have been filled with encouragement; I abound with joy upon all our pressure.5For when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were pressed in every way: quarrels outside, fears inside.6But God, who encourages the lowly, encouraged us by the coming of Titus.7And not only by his coming but also by the encouragement in which he was encouraged on your account, when he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.8For even if I grieved you by the letter, I do not regret it—though I did regret it—for I see that the letter grieved you, if only for an hour.9Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repentance; for you were grieved according to God, so that you might suffer loss in nothing from us.10For grief according to God produces repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but the grief of the world produces death.11For see what this very thing—being grieved according to God—produced in you: diligence, and defense, and indignation, and fear, and longing, and zeal, and vengeance. In every respect you proved yourselves pure in the matter.12Therefore, even if I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the harm, nor on account of the one who suffered the harm, but so that your diligence on our behalf might be revealed before God.13For this reason we have been encouraged. And in addition to our encouragement we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.14For if I have boasted anything to him about you, I was not put to shame, but just as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting on behalf of Titus proved true.15And his affections toward you are even greater as he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.16I rejoice that in every way I am confident about you.