2 Corinthians 2:7

American Standard Version

so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

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2 Corinthians 2:7 in other translations

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 · World English Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 in context

  1. 5But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.
  2. 6Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
  3. 7so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.
  4. 8Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.
  5. 9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

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