2Cor 2:6 | JFB | STEP | 6. Sufficient —without increasing it, which would only drive him to despair ( ), whereas the object of the punishment was, "that (his) spirit might be saved" in the last day. to such a man —a milder designation of the offender than if he had been named [MEYER ]. Rather, it expresses estrangement from such a one who had caused such grief to the Church, and scandal to religion ( ). this punishment —His being "delivered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh"; not only excommunication, but bodily disease (see on ). inflicted of many —rather, "by the majority" (the more part of you). Not by an individual priest, as in the Church of Rome, nor by the bishops and clergy alone, but by the whole body of the Church.

2 Corinthians 2:6

6. Sufficient—without increasing it, which would only drive him to despair (2Co 2:7), whereas the object of the punishment was, "that (his) spirit might be saved" in the last day.

to such a man—a milder designation of the offender than if he had been named [MEYER]. Rather, it expresses estrangement from such a one who had caused such grief to the Church, and scandal to religion (Ac 22:22; 1Co 5:5).

this punishment—His being "delivered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh"; not only excommunication, but bodily disease (see on 1Co 5:4, 5).

inflicted of many—rather, "by the majority" (the more part of you). Not by an individual priest, as in the Church of Rome, nor by the bishops and clergy alone, but by the whole body of the Church.