Forgiveness and Restoration of the Offender

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Now if someone has been a cause of pain, it is not I whom he has pained, but, in some measure — I don’t want to overstate it — all of you.

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For such a person the punishment already imposed on him by the majority is sufficient,

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so that now you should do the opposite — forgive him, encourage him, comfort him. Otherwise such a person might be swallowed up in overwhelming depression.

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So I urge you to show that you really do love him.

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The reason I wrote you was to see if you would pass the test, to see if you would fully obey me.

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Anyone you forgive, I forgive too. For indeed, whatever I have forgiven, if there has been anything to forgive, has been for your sake in the presence of the Messiah

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so that we will not be taken advantage of by the Adversary — for we are quite aware of his schemes!

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