5 Now if any one has caused sorrow, it has been caused not so much to me, as in some degree –for I have no wish to exaggerate– to all of you.
6 In the case of such a person the punishment which was inflicted by the majority of you is enough.
7 So that you may now take the opposite course, and forgive him rather and comfort him, for fear he should perhaps be driven to despair by his excess of grief.
8 I beg you therefore fully to reinstate him in your love.