"So that contrariwise ye {ought} rather to forgive {him}, and comfort {him}, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed …" — 2 Corinthians 2:7

2 Corinthians 2:7 · KJV

“So that contrariwise ye {ought} rather to forgive {him}, and comfort {him}, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.”

— 2 Corinthians 2:7

Verse 6

Sufficient to such a man {is} this punishment, which {was inflicted} of many. {punishment: or, censure}

Verse 8

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm {your} love toward him.

2 Corinthians 2 — Context

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

Sufficient to such a man {is} this punishment, which {was inflicted} of many. {punishment: or, censure}

So that contrariwise ye {ought} rather to forgive {him}, and comfort {him}, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm {your} love toward him.

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:32

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Galatians 6:1-2

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. {if: or, although}

Colossians 3:13

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also {do} ye. {quarrel: or, complaint}

Isaiah 28:7

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble {in} judgment.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart doeth good {like} a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. {like: or, to}

1 Corinthians 15:54

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Psalms 21:9

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

2 Samuel 20:19-20

I {am one of them that are} peaceable {and} faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?