Godly sorrow that comes from repentance leads to salvation and does not cause regret, while worldly sorrow that is characteristic of the pagan world leads only to death. True repentance that comes from godly grief and pain directed by God results in deliverance from evil and salvation, but the hopeless sorrow of the world breeds death and ends in death without repentance or salvation. Godly sorrow works true repentance that brings salvation and is not later regretted, whereas worldly sorrow that comes from the world only works towards death.