Key Verse Spotlight
2 Corinthians 2:7 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“So that contrariwise ye {ought} rather to forgive {him}, and comfort {him}, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.”
2 Corinthians 2:7
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
Sufficient to such a man {is} this punishment, which {was inflicted} of many. {punishment: or, censure}
So that contrariwise ye {ought} rather to forgive {him}, and comfort {him}, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm {your} love toward him.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
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