7. Now, however, you should forgive him and encourage him, in order to keep him from becoming so sad as to give up completely.
8. And so I beg you to let him know that you really do love him.
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.
10. When you forgive someone for what he or she has 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,
11. in order to keep Satan from getting the upper hand of us; for we know what his plans are.
12. When I arrived in Troas to preach the Good News about Christ, I found that the Lord had opened the way for the work there.