5. Someone in your group has caused sadness—not to me, but to all of you. I mean he has caused sadness to all in some way. (I don’t want to make it sound worse than it really is.)
6. The punishment that most of your group gave him is enough for him.
7. But now you should forgive him and encourage him. This will keep him from having too much sadness and giving up completely.
8. So I beg you to show him that you love him.
9. This is why I wrote to you. I wanted to test you and see if you obey in everything.
10. If you forgive someone, then I also forgive them. And what I have forgiven—if I had anything to forgive—I forgave it for you, and Christ was with me.
11. I did this so that Satan would not win anything from us. We know very well what his plans are.
12. I went to Troas to tell people the Good News of Christ. The Lord gave me a good opportunity there.