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

⁵ Now if any one has caused sorrow, it has been caused not so much to me, as in some degree--for I have no wish to exaggerate--to all of you. ⁶ In the case of such a person the punishment which was inflicted by the majority of you is enough. ⁷ 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. ⁸ I beg you therefore fully to reinstate him in your love. ⁹ For in writing to you I have also this object in view--to discover by experience whether you are prepared to be obedient in every respect. ¹⁰ When you forgive a man an offence I also forgive it; for in fact what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has always been for your sakes in the presence of Christ, ¹¹ for fear Satan should gain an advantage over us. For we are not ignorant of his devices.