^{6 Ref} Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was `inflicted' by the many;

^{7 Ref} so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

^{8 Ref} Wherefore I beseech you to confirm `your' love toward him.

^{9 Ref} For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

^{10 Ref} 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 presence of Christ;

^{11 Ref} that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.