Sufficientfor such a oneis thispunishmentwhich [was] [inflicted] by the majority,
For thisreasonI am writingthese thingswhile absent,sothat when presentI [need] not useseverity,in accordancewith the authoritywhichthe Lordgaveme for buildingup and not for tearing down.
For beholdwhatearnestnessthisvery thing,thisgodlysorrow,has producedin you: whatvindicationof yourselves, whatindignation,whatfear,whatlonging,whatzeal,whatavenging of wrong!In everythingyou demonstratedyourselvesto be innocentin the matter.
Thosewho continue in sin,rebukein the presenceof all,sothat the restalsowill be fearful[of sinning].
