iSee 1 Pet. 5:8
2 Corinthians 2:4-11
4For aI wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.Forgive the Sinner
5Now bif anyone has caused pain, che has caused it not to me, but din some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6For such a one, ethis punishment by the majority is enough, 7so fyou should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 9For this is why I wrote, that I might gtest you and know hwhether you are obedient in everything. 10Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, 11so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for iwe are not ignorant of his designs.
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