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Forgiveness for the Offender 2Cor.2.5-11katapi HOME | RSV Books | notes
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But if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure - not to put it too severely - to you all.Forgiveness for the Offender 2Cor.2.5-11
For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough; 
so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 
So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 
For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. 
Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, 
to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs. 
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