5 Now ^yif anyone has caused pain, ^zhe has caused it not to me, but ^ain some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6 For such a one, ^bthis punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so ^cyou should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 9 For this is why I wrote, that I might ^dtest you and know ^ewhether you are obedient in everything. 10 Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, 11 so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for ^fwe are not ignorant of his designs.

1 ^kThis is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established ^lby the evidence of two or three witnesses. 2 ^mI warned ⁿthose who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that ^oif I come again I will not spare them— 3 since you seek proof that Christ ^pis speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but ^qis powerful among you. 4 For ^rhe was crucified in weakness, but ^slives by the power of God. For ^twe also are weak in him, but in dealing with you ^uwe will live with him by the power of God.