[a]And if any hath caused sorrow, the same hath not made [b]me sorry, but [c]partly (lest I should more [d]charge him) you all.

It is sufficient unto the same man, that he was rebuked of many.

So that now contrariwise ye ought rather to [e]forgive him, and comfort him, lest the same should be swallowed up with overmuch heaviness.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 2:5 He passeth to another part of this Epistle: which notwithstanding is put amongst the first, whereunto he returneth afterward, and he handleth the releasing and unloosing of the incestuous person, because he seemed to have given sufficient testimony of his repentance: showing the true use of excommunication, to wit, that it proceed not of hatred, but of love, and so ends lest if we keep no measure, we serve Satan the devil.
  2. 2 Corinthians 2:5 As if he said, All that sorrow is so clean wiped away, as though he had never felt it.
  3. 2 Corinthians 2:5 As for me (saith Paul) I have no more to do with him.
  4. 2 Corinthians 2:5 Lest I should overcharge him, who is burdened enough of himself, which I would be glad were taken from him.
  5. 2 Corinthians 2:7 That whereas before you punished him sharply, you would now forgive him.

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