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2 Corinthians 2:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" so 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. "

2 Corinthians 2:7

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5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

6 This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;

7 so 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.

8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

9 For 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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"But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow."

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"For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?"

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