2 Corinthians 2:5-11 - Forgive And Comfort The Offender

⁵ But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well. ⁶ This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him, ⁷ 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. ⁸ Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. ⁹ For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything. ¹⁰ If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him -- for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ, ¹¹ so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).