2 Corinthians 2:1-8 ▼

1 But I decided this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.

2 For if I cause you sorrow, who then will be the one making me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?

3 This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy was the joy of you all.

4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

5 But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not for me, but in some degree—not to say too much—for all of you.

6 Sufficient for such a person is this punishment which was imposed by the majority,

7 so that on the other hand, you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a person might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.