3  And I have written this very letter to you, that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is that of you all. 4  For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.

5  But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge you) all of you. 6  Sufficient to such a one is this rebuke which has been inflicted by the many; 7  so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief. 8  Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of your love. 9  For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient. 10  But to whom ye forgive anything, I also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the person of Christ;