7:1  has igitur habentes promissiones        1.  Having therefore these promises,  
carissimi mundemus nos ab omni               dearly beloved, let us cleanse  
inquinamento carnis et spiritus              ourselves from all filthiness of the  
perficientes sanctificationem in timore      flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness  
Dei                                          in the fear of God.
                                             
7:2  capite nos neminem laesimus             2.  Receive us; we have wronged no man,  
neminem corrupimus neminem circumvenimus     we have corrupted no man, we have  
                                             defrauded no man.
                                             
7:3  non ad condemnationem dico              3.  I speak not this to condemn you:  
praedixi enim quod in cordibus nostris       for I have said before, that ye are in  
estis ad conmoriendum et ad convivendum      our hearts to die and live with you.
                                             
7:4  multa mihi fiducia est apud vos         4.  Great is my boldness of speech  
multa mihi gloriatio pro vobis repletus      toward you, great is my glorying of  
sum consolatione superabundo gaudio in       you: I am filled with comfort, I am  
omni tribulatione nostra                     exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
                                             
7:5  nam et cum venissemus Macedoniam        5.  For, when we were come into  
nullam requiem habuit caro nostra sed        Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but  
omnem tribulationem passi foris pugnae       we were troubled on every side; without  
intus timores                                were fightings, within were fears.
                                             
7:6  sed qui consolatur humiles              6.  Nevertheless God, that comforteth  
consolatus est nos Deus in adventu Titi      those that are cast down, comforted us  
                                             by the coming of Titus;
                                             
7:7  non solum autem in adventu eius         7.  And not by his coming only, but by  
sed etiam in solacio quo consolatus est      the consolation wherewith he was  
in vobis referens nobis vestrum              comforted in you, when he told us your  
desiderium vestrum fletum vestram            earnest desire, your mourning, your  
aemulationem pro me ita ut magis             fervent mind toward me; so that I  
gauderem                                     rejoiced the more.
                                             
7:8  quoniam et si contristavi vos in        8.  For though I made you sorry with a  
Epistola non me paenitet et si               letter, I do not repent, though I did  
paeniteret videns quod Epistola illa et      repent: for I perceive that the same  
si ad horam vos contristavit                 epistle hath made you sorry, though it  
                                             were but for a season.
                                             
7:9  nunc gaudeo non quia contristati        9.  Now I rejoice, not that ye were  
estis sed quia contristati estis ad          made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to  
paenitentiam contristati enim estis          repentance: for ye were made sorry  
secundum Deum ut in nullo detrimentum        after a godly manner, that ye might  
patiamini ex nobis                           receive damage by us in nothing.
                                             
7:10  quae enim secundum Deum tristitia      10.  For godly sorrow worketh  
est paenitentiam in salutem stabilem         repentance to salvation not to be  
operatur saeculi autem tristitia mortem      repented of: but the sorrow of the  
operatur                                     world worketh death.
                                             
7:11  ecce enim hoc ipsum secundum Deum      11.  For behold this selfsame thing,  
contristari vos quantam in vobis             that ye sorrowed after a godly sort,  
operatur sollicitudinem sed defensionem      what carefulness it wrought in you,  
sed indignationem sed timorem sed            yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea,  
desiderium sed aemulationem sed              what indignation, yea, what fear, yea,  
vindictam in omnibus exhibuistis vos         what vehement desire, yea, what zeal,  
incontaminatos esse negotio                  yea, what revenge! In all things ye  
                                             have approved yourselves to be clear in  
                                             this matter.
                                             
7:12  igitur et si scripsi vobis non         12.  Wherefore, though I wrote unto  
propter eum qui fecit iniuriam nec           you, I did it not for his cause that  
propter eum qui passus est sed ad            had done the wrong, nor for his cause  
manifestandam sollicitudinem nostram         that suffered wrong, but that our care  
quam pro vobis habemus ad vos coram Deo      for you in the sight of God might  
                                             appear unto you.
                                             
7:13  ideo consolati sumus in                13.  Therefore we were comforted in  
consolatione autem nostra abundantius        your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the  
magis gavisi sumus super gaudium Titi        more joyed we for the joy of Titus,  
quia refectus est spiritus eius ab           because his spirit was refreshed by you  
omnibus vobis                                all.
                                             
7:14  et si quid apud illum de vobis         14.  For if I have boasted any thing to  
gloriatus sum non sum confusus sed           him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we  
sicut omnia vobis in veritate locuti         spake all things to you in truth, even  
sumus ita et gloriatio nostra quae fuit      so our boasting, which I made before  
ad Titum veritas facta est                   Titus, is found a truth.
                                             
7:15  et viscera eius abundantius in         15.  And his inward affection is more  
vos sunt reminiscentis omnium vestrum        abundant toward you, whilst he  
oboedientiam quomodo cum timore et           remembereth the obedience of you all,  
tremore excepistis eum                       how with fear and trembling ye received  
                                             him.
                                             
7:16  gaudeo quod in omnibus confido in      16.  I rejoice therefore that I have  
vobis                                        confidence in you in all things.