5. But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but to some extent—not to exaggerate—to all of you.
6. For such a person, this punishment by the majority is enough.
7. So instead you should forgive him and encourage him. Otherwise such a person might be swallowed up by excessive sorrow.
8. Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
9. For to this end I also wrote, that I might know your character, whether you are obedient in all things.