Community Bible Chapel

1. It Turns Away Pride – 2:5

2. It Exhibits Mercy – 2:6

3. It Restores Joy – 2:7

4. It Reaffirms Love – 2:8

5. It’s a Test of Obedience -2:9

6. It Renews Fellowship – 2:10

7. It Deflects Satan – 2:11
 

1 Corinthians 2:5-11 

⁵ But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not for me, but in some degree—not to say too much—for all of you.

⁶ Sufficient for such a person is this punishment which was imposed by the majority,

⁷ so that on the other hand, you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a person might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

⁸ Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

⁹ For to this end I also wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.

¹⁰ But one whom you forgive anything, I also forgive; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did so for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

¹¹ so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.