2 Corinthians 2:1–9
1But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.↗
2For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?↗
3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you.↗
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.↗
5But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.↗
6This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;↗
7so 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.↗
8Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.↗
9For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.↗
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