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2 Corinthians 2:7
“so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.”
Verse in context — 2 Corinthians 2
5
But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
6
Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
7
so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
8
Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
9
For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
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Paul’s defense of his ministry and encouragement in hardship.
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