5. And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;
6. sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that [is] by the more part,
7. so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;
8. wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,
9. for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.
10. And to whom ye forgive anything--I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven [it], because of you--in the person of Christ--[I forgive it,]
11. that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.
12. And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in the Lord,