7so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.


In Context

4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

5 But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

7 so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

8 Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.

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

2 Corinthians 2:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him,] and comfort [him,] lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:7So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:7so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7So that on the other hand, ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7so 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7So that contrariwise you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.