King James Version (KJV)

2 Corinthians 2:7

“So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.”

Verse in context — 2 Corinthians 2

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] of many.

So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm [your] love toward him.

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

Paul’s defense of his ministry and encouragement in hardship.