I am not sorry that I sent that severe letter to you, though I was sorry at first, for I know it was painful to you for a little while. Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way.
我并不后悔我先前发了一封言辞严厉的信给你们,虽然一开始时我曾经有过后悔;但我知道,那对你们造成的痛苦只是暂时的。 如今我庆幸我发了这信,不是因它伤害了你们,是因为这痛苦促使你们去悔改。这种忧伤是神想要祂的子民去经历的,所以你们并不是被我们所伤害。