Forgive the Person who Sinned

⁵ But if anyone has caused grief, he didn’t cause me any grief. To some extent—I don’t want to emphasize this too much—it has affected^[a] all of you. ⁶ This punishment by the majority is severe enough for such a man. ⁷ So forgive and comfort him, or else he will drown in his excessive grief. ⁸ That’s why I’m urging you to assure him of your love. ⁹ I had also written to you to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in every way. ¹⁰ When you forgive someone, I do, too. Indeed, what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I did^[b] in the presence of the Messiah^[c] for your benefit, ¹¹ so that we may not be outsmarted by Satan. After all, we are not unaware of his intentions.