KJV ORIGINAL
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
When you feel genuinely sorry because you know you've hurt God, that kind of regret actually leads you to change your ways and find real salvation — and you'll never regret that decision. But when you're just bummed out about getting caught or facing consequences, that kind of sorrow just leads to more emptiness and spiritual death.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
There's a difference between being sorry you got caught and being sorry you were wrong — one leads to life, the other just leads to more pain.
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