2 Corinthians 2:7
So that contrariwise ye rather to forgive , and comfort , lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
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5 But if any have caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
6 Sufficient to such a man this punishment, which of many.
7 So that contrariwise ye rather to forgive , and comfort , lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8 therefore I beseech you that ye would confirm love toward him.
9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.