5 Someone in your group has caused sadness—not to me, but to all of you. I mean he has caused sadness to all in some way. (I don’t want to make it sound worse than it really is.)
6 The punishment that most of your group gave him is enough for him.
7 But now you should forgive him and encourage him. This will keep him from having too much sadness and giving up completely.
8 So I beg you to show him that you love him.
9 This is why I wrote to you. I wanted to test you and see if you obey in everything.
10 If you forgive someone, then I also forgive them. And what I have forgiven—if I had anything to forgive—I forgave it for you, and Christ was with me.
11 I did this so that Satan would not win anything from us. We know very well what his plans are.