2 Corinthians 2:5-11

New Century Version

Forgive the Sinner

⁵ Someone there among you has caused sadness, not to me, but to all of you. I mean he caused sadness to all in some way. (I do not want to make it sound worse than it really is.) ⁶ The punishment that most of you gave him is enough for him. ⁷ But now you should forgive him and comfort him to keep him from having too much sadness and giving up completely. ⁸ So I beg you to show that you love him. ⁹ I wrote you to test you and to see if you obey in everything. ¹⁰ If you forgive someone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven—if I had anything to forgive—I forgave it for you, as if Christ were with me. ¹¹ I did this so that Satan would not win anything from us, because we know very well what Satan’s plans are.