2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.In other versions
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, `a repentance' which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
ASV
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.
BBE
For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.
DBY
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
WEB
for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,
YLT
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death.
ENG
For godly sorrow worketh penitence to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
WBT
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
BSB
In context
8For 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.
9Now 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.
10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
11For 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.
12Wherefore, 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.