Therefore I ask you to confirm your love toward him.
So on the contrary, you ought to forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps he might be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
For to this end I also wrote, so that I might know that you are proving yourselves by whether you are being obedient in all things.
You, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only do not use liberty to give an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who are of the household of faith.