⁵ But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all. ⁶ Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by ^[a]the many; ⁷ so that contrariwise ye should ^[b]rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow. ⁸ Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him. ⁹ For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, ^[c]whether ye are obedient in all things. ¹⁰ But to whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes have I forgiven it in the ^[d]presence of Christ; ¹¹ that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.