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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"For behold," he saith, "this self-same thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you." 'For not only,' he saith, 'did your sorrow not cast you into that condemning of yourselves, as having acted idly in so doing; but it made you even more careful.' Then he speaks of the certain tokens of that carefulness; "Yea," what "clearing of yourselves," towards me. "Yea, what indignation" against him that had sinned. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Not from the example of others, he says, do I prove the benefit of godly sorrow, but from your own experience. For you not only did not regret that you were grieved, but you became more careful about yourselves. Apologies before me; for I have forgiven you, because you repented. Against the one who committed fornication. Before me; for you corrected yourselves quickly anyway, because you were frightened. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then (v. 11) he explains this effect from the experience learned from them. As if to say: a truly steadfast salvation, because it is clear from experience that it works in us many things that lead to salvation. He mentions six of these things, one of which is general, namely, carefulness. For when a person is free of care, it is easy for him to become negligent; but when he is sad and fearful, he is careful. …
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