| II Corinthians 2:6
| To him who is such a one, this rebuke is sufficient, which is given by many:
| This rebuke already given him, may suffice, and I would have you pardon and comfort him, lest he be overwhelmed, and as it were swallowed up{ Ver. 7. Ne forte....absorbeatur, katapothe, absorbeatur, deglutiatur.|} and devoured by and excess of grief, so that by the artifices of Satan, which we are acquainted with, it turn to his greater prejudice. I wrote, and proceeded in that manner, to know by experience, how far you are obedient to me, and to the ministers of Christ. (Witham)
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