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.


In Context

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

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

6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted by many.

7 So 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.

8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love towards him.

9 For to this end also I wrote, 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 English Revised 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 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.