2 For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?
3 I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident about all of you that my joy will also be yours.
4 For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart — not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
5 If anyone has caused pain, he has caused pain not so much to me but to some degree — not to exaggerate — to all of you.
6 The punishment inflicted by the majority is sufficient for that person.
7 As a result, you should instead forgive and comfort him. Otherwise, this one may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.
8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.