2 Corinthians 2:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Ye

Hebrews 12:12

Swallowed

Overmuch

General references

Leviticus 13:23

John 20:23

Bible References

Ye

Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.

But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,

Swallowed

For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

I represent the peaceful and the faithful in Israel. You are attempting to destroy an important city in Israel. Why should you swallow up the Lord's inheritance?"

You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!

they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer -- priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.

Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

Overmuch

For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him -- and not to him only, but also to me -- so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.

General references

But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean.

If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained."