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For 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.
Note 17 at 2 Cor. 7:11: Paul is now proclaiming the effects that the Corinthians' godly sorrow produced. They are no longer complacent, but earnest and sincere. They have dealt with the sin and the problem that Paul had written them about. They now long for and welcome Paul's help. They've done what they should to make things right and to prove themselves guiltless in this matter. If this is what godly sorrow produces, we can all benefit from it (see note 15 at v. 10).
Note 18 at 2 Cor. 7:11: The matter that Paul is referring to is the instruction Paul had given the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 5 about disciplining the man who had committed incest. Paul rebuked the whole church at Corinth for not dealing with this man, and prescribed precise actions that they should follow. They executed his instructions to the letter, and Paul is now praising them for the spirit in which they did it.
