2 Corinthians 7:8-10 - I do not regret it

7:8,9

Paul now talks about the letter that he had sent, the painful letter. It had caused the Corinthians pain. Paul at times regretted sending the letter, but now that he sees the good effect that it had he did not regret it any longer. So we see that Paul had genuine concern for the Corinthians, and the normal human doubts and emotions that we all had. He wondered if it was the right thing to have done or not. He was not sorrowful anymore because the letter led to repentance on the part of the Corinthians.

7:10

There are fundamental differences between Godly and worldly sorrow. Godly sorrow means realising what we have done, or the way we were thinking, was wrong, and that God’s ways are better. So we are sorrowful at the way we are and we turn from our ways to God’s ways. That is repentance. This leads to salvation, and no regrets for we are glad to be rid of the old ways, and welcome the new ways (God’s ways). Worldly sorrow is usually sorrow at being found out, or sorrow that someone else thinks differently to us, then we become embittered or resentful.