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5 Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure--not to put it too severely--to all of you.
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If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely.
6 For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough,
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The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient.
7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
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Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.
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I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.
9 For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
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Another reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
10 Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
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Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake,
11 so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
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in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
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