Paul’s Joy in Macedonia. 5^* For even when we came into Macedonia,^* our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—external conflicts, internal fears.^b 6But God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus,^c 7and not only by his arrival but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged in regard to you, as he told us of your yearning, your lament, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more. 8^* For even if I saddened you by my letter, I do not regret it; and if I did regret it ([for] I see that that letter saddened you, if only for a while),^d 9I rejoice now, not because you were saddened, but because you were saddened into repentance; for you were saddened in a godly way, so that you did not suffer loss in anything because of us.