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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So that now contrariwise ye ought to forgive him and comfort him: lest that same person should be swallowed up with overmuch heaviness.
New American Standard Bible
so that on the contrary you should rather
King James Version
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Holman Bible
As a result, you should instead forgive
International Standard Version
So forgive and comfort him, or else he will drown in his excessive grief.
A Conservative Version
so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow.
American Standard Version
so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.
Amplified
so instead [of further rebuke, now] you should rather [graciously] forgive and comfort and encourage him, to keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
An Understandable Version
So instead, you people should [now] forgive and comfort him, in order that such a person does not become overwhelmed with extreme grief.
Anderson New Testament
so that, on the other hand, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest such a one should be swallowed up in too much sorrow.
Bible in Basic English
So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
Common New Testament
so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
Daniel Mace New Testament
so that now you ought rather to forgive, and comfort him, for fear he should be overwhelm'd by an excess of sorrow.
Darby Translation
so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.
Godbey New Testament
so on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one may be swallowed up with excessive grief.
Goodspeed New Testament
and so you must now turn around and forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by his remorse.
John Wesley New Testament
So that on the contrary ye should rather forgive and comfort him, lest such an one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Julia Smith Translation
So that on the contrary ye should rather show kindness, and console, lest perhaps such be swallowed down with more abundant sadness.
King James 2000
So that instead you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with too much sorrow.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
Modern King James verseion
so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overwhelming sorrow.
Moffatt New Testament
so that instead of censuring you should now forgive him and comfort him, in case the man is overwhelmed by excessive remorse.
Montgomery New Testament
so that now you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest he should be overwhelmed by the excess of his grief.
NET Bible
so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.
New Heart English Bible
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.
Noyes New Testament
so that on the contrary ye ought rather to forgive, and console him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Sawyer New Testament
so that on the other hand you ought to forgive and comfort him, that he may not be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.
The Emphasized Bible
So that, on the contrary, ye should forgive and encourage, lest, by any means, by his excessive grief, such a one should be swallowed up.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Wherefore, on the contrary, ye rather ought to forgive and comfort him, lest such a one be swallowed up with excess of sorrow.
Twentieth Century New Testament
So that now you must take the opposite course, and forgive and encourage him, or else he may be overwhelmed by the intensity of his pain.
Webster
So that on the other hand, ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
Weymouth New Testament
So that you may now take the opposite course, and forgive him rather and comfort him, for fear he should perhaps be driven to despair by his excess of grief.
Williams New Testament
so you must do the opposite, freely forgive and comfort him, to keep him from being overwhelmed by his excessive sadness.
World English Bible
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.
Worrell New Testament
so that, on the contrary, ye ought rather to forgive and console him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
Worsley New Testament
So that on the contrary, ye ought rather to forgive and comfort him, least such a one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
Youngs Literal Translation
so that, on the contrary, it is rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;
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Forgive And Comfort The Offender
6 It is sufficient unto the same man that he was rebuked of many. 7 So that now contrariwise ye ought to forgive him and comfort him: lest that same person should be swallowed up with overmuch heaviness. 8 Wherefore I exhort you, that love may have strength over him.
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Ephesians 4:32
Be ye courteous one to another, and merciful, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake forgave you.
2 Samuel 20:19-20
Abel is one of the quietest and faithfullest cities that are in Israel. And thou goest about to destroy a city that is as a mother in Israel. Why devourest thou the inheritance of the LORD?"
Psalm 21:9
Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in the time of thy wrath; the LORD shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.
Psalm 56:1-2
{To the chanter, upon the domme stock dove, which flyeth far off: Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath} Be merciful unto me, O God, for men will tread me down: they are daily fighting and troubling me.
Psalm 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproof of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and truth.
Psalm 124:3
they had swallowed us up alive, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.
Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up like the hell, let us devour them quick and whole, as those that go down into the pit.
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart maketh a lusty age; but a sorrowful mind drieth up the bones.
Isaiah 28:7
But they go wrong by the reason of wine, they fall and stagger because of strong drink. Yea even the priests and prophets themselves go amiss, they are drunken with wine, and weak brained through strong drink. They fail in prophesying, and stumble in judgment.
1 Corinthians 15:54
When this corruptible hath put on incorruptibility: and this mortal hath put on immortality: then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, "Death is consumed into victory."
2 Corinthians 5:4
For as long as we are in this tabernacle, we sigh and are grieved: for we would not be unclothed: but would be clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For ye sorrowed godly: so that in nothing were ye hurt by us. For godly sorrow causeth repentance, unto salvation not to be repented of: when worldly sorrow causeth death.
Galatians 6:1-2
Brethren, if any man be fallen by chance into any fault, ye which are spiritual, help to amend him, in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Philippians 2:27
and no doubt he was sick, and that nigh unto death, but God had mercy on him: not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have had sorrow upon sorrow.
Colossians 3:13
forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel to another; even as Christ forgave you, even so do ye.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
I would not, brethren, have you ignorant concerning them which are fallen asleep, that ye sorrow not as others do which have no hope.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
We require you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the institution which ye received of us.
2 Thessalonians 3:14-15
If any man obey not our sayings, send us word of him by a letter: and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed:
Hebrews 12:12-15
Stretch forth therefore again the hands which were let down, and the weak knees,