[2:5] Now, if anyone has made somebody sad, he has not done it to me but to all of you—in part, at least. (I say this because I do not want to be too hard on him.)
[2:6] It is enough that this person has been punished in this way by most of you.
[2:7] Now, however, you should forgive him and encourage him, in order to keep him from becoming so sad as to give up completely.
[2:8] And so I beg you to let him know that you really do love him.
[2:9] I wrote you that letter because I wanted to find out how well you had stood the test and whether you are always ready to obey my instructions.
[2:10] When you forgive people for what they have done, I forgive them too. For when I forgive—if, indeed, I need to forgive anything—I do it in Christ's presence because of you,
[2:11] in order to keep Satan from getting the upper hand over us; for we know what his plans are.