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

⁵ But if any one has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not be hard upon you, [has grieved you] all, ⁶ Sufficient for such a one is this rebuke by many; ⁷ so that on the other hand you ought to forgive and comfort him, that he may not be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow. ⁸ I exhort you, therefore, to confirm your love to him; ⁹ for I wrote for this purpose, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things. ¹⁰ But whom you favor I also will favor; for what favor I have shown, if I have shown any favor, has been for your sakes, in the presence of Christ, ¹¹ that we may not be circumvented by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.