2 Corinthians 2:4-7 For I wrote you in sore distress and misery of heart, with many a tear — not to pain you but to convince you of my love, my special love for you.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ For I wrote you in sore distress and misery of heart, with many a tear — not to pain you but to convince you of my love, my special love for you. ⁵ If a certain individual has been causing pain, he has been causing pain not so much to me as to all of you — at anyrate (for I am not going to overstate the case) to a section of you. ⁶ This censure from the majority is severe enough for the individual in question, ⁷ so that instead of censuring you should now forgive him and comfort him, in case the man is overwhelmed by excessive remorse.