2 Corinthians 2:7

Now the church should forgive and comfort the repentant offender, lest he be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Restoration, not crushing grief, is the goal.

Cross-references · 19

• Eph 4:32Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
• Gal 6:1–2Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
• Col 3:13Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
• Isa 28:7These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
• Prov 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
• 1 Cor 15:54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
• Ps 124:3when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
• 2 Th 3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.
• Prov 1:12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
• 2 Sam 20:19–20I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
• 1 Th 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
• Ps 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
• Phil 2:27He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
• 2 Cor 5:4So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
• 2 Cor 7:10Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
• 2 Th 3:14–15Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
• Ps 56:1–2For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
• Heb 12:12–15Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
• Ps 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.

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