2 Corinthians 2:5-7

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Forgive the Sinner

⁵ ·Someone [^LIf someone…; ^Cevidently the ringleader who opposed Paul on his previous visit (v. 1)] there among you has caused sadness, ·not [^L…it is not] to me, but to all of you. I mean he caused sadness to all ·in some way [or to some extent]. (I do not want to ·make it sound worse than it really is [exaggerate; put it too severely].) ⁶ The punishment that ·most of you [the majority] gave him is enough for him [^Cthe church as a whole has now sided with Paul and disciplined this individual]. ⁷ But now you should forgive him and ·comfort [encourage] him to keep him from ·having too much sadness and giving up completely [being overwhelmed/swallowed up by excessive sorrow/grief].