Context 7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad,1 but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended,2 so that you were not harmed3 in any way by us.
[7:9]1tnGrk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).
[7:9]2tnGrk “corresponding to God,” that is, corresponding to God’s will (κατὰ θεόν, kata qeon). The same phrase occurs in vv. 10 and 11.