2 Corinthians 2:6

Sufficient for the offender is the punishment imposed by the majority;

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5As to him who has been, and now is, causing pain, it is not I whom he has pained, but all of you - at least some of you (not to overstate the case).

7so that now you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest he should be overwhelmed by the excess of his grief.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:11Note the results of this pain which God permitted; what earnestness it has called forth in you, what explanations, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what fervor, what punishment of wrong. In every way you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.

1 Timothy 5:20Rebuke offenders publicly, so that others also may take warning.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 2:6-12

Case of the Incestuous Person. ( a. d. 57.) 5 But if any have 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 of many. 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye… Read the whole commentary →

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