6. Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
7. so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.
8. Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.
9. For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.