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

⁵ But if anyone has made anyone sad, it is not I, but you that he has made sad, at least, some of you, not to be severe on all of you. ⁶ To a man like that, this censure by the majority has been sufficient punishment, ⁷ so you must do the opposite, freely forgive and comfort him, to keep him from being overwhelmed by his excessive sadness. ⁸ So I beg you in your love to reinstate him entirely. ⁹ For this is why I wrote you, to see if you would stand the test, to see if you would be obedient in everything. ¹⁰ The man that you forgive I too forgive. For if I have forgiven him anything, it is what I have forgiven him in the very presence of Christ for your sake, ¹¹ to keep us from being worsted by Satan, for we know what his intentions are.