5 Suppose someone has made us sad. In some ways, he hasn't made me sad so much as he has made all of you sad. But I don't want to put this too strongly.
6 He has been punished because most of you decided he should be. That is enough for him.
7 Now you should forgive him and comfort him. Then he won't be sad more than he can stand.
8 So I'm asking you to tell him again that you still love him.
9 I wrote to you for a special reason. I wanted to see if you could stand the test. I wanted to see if you could obey everything that was asked of you.
10 Anyone you forgive I also forgive. Was there anything to forgive? If so, I have forgiven it for your benefit, knowing that Christ is watching.
11 We don't want Satan to outsmart us. We know how he does his evil work.