Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
New American Standard Bible
so that on the contrary you should rather
King James Version
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Holman Bible
As a result, you should instead forgive
International Standard Version
So forgive and comfort him, or else he will drown in his excessive grief.
A Conservative Version
so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
so instead [of further rebuke, now] you should rather [graciously] forgive and comfort and encourage him, to keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
An Understandable Version
So instead, you people should [now] forgive and comfort him, in order that such a person does not become overwhelmed with extreme grief.
Anderson New Testament
so that, on the other hand, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest such a one should be swallowed up in too much sorrow.
Bible in Basic English
So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
Common New Testament
so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
Daniel Mace New Testament
so that now you ought rather to forgive, and comfort him, for fear he should be overwhelm'd by an excess of sorrow.
Darby Translation
so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.
Godbey New Testament
so on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one may be swallowed up with excessive grief.
Goodspeed New Testament
and so you must now turn around and forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by his remorse.
John Wesley New Testament
So that on the contrary ye should rather forgive and comfort him, lest such an one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Julia Smith Translation
So that on the contrary ye should rather show kindness, and console, lest perhaps such be swallowed down with more abundant sadness.
King James 2000
So that instead you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with too much sorrow.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
Modern King James verseion
so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overwhelming sorrow.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So that now contrariwise ye ought to forgive him and comfort him: lest that same person should be swallowed up with overmuch heaviness.
Moffatt New Testament
so that instead of censuring you should now forgive him and comfort him, in case the man is overwhelmed by excessive remorse.
Montgomery New Testament
so that now you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest he should be overwhelmed by the excess of his grief.
NET Bible
so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.
Noyes New Testament
so that on the contrary ye ought rather to forgive, and console him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Sawyer New Testament
so that on the other hand you ought to forgive and comfort him, that he may not be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.
The Emphasized Bible
So that, on the contrary, ye should forgive and encourage, lest, by any means, by his excessive grief, such a one should be swallowed up.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Wherefore, on the contrary, ye rather ought to forgive and comfort him, lest such a one be swallowed up with excess of sorrow.
Twentieth Century New Testament
So that now you must take the opposite course, and forgive and encourage him, or else he may be overwhelmed by the intensity of his pain.
Webster
So that on the other hand, ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
Weymouth New Testament
So that you may now take the opposite course, and forgive him rather and comfort him, for fear he should perhaps be driven to despair by his excess of grief.
Williams New Testament
so you must do the opposite, freely forgive and comfort him, to keep him from being overwhelmed by his excessive sadness.
World English Bible
so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
Worrell New Testament
so that, on the contrary, ye ought rather to forgive and console him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
Worsley New Testament
So that on the contrary, ye ought rather to forgive and comfort him, least such a one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
Youngs Literal Translation
so that, on the contrary, it is rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;
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Forgive And Comfort The Offender
6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many; 7 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow. 8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
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Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
2 Samuel 20:19-20
I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?"
Psalm 21:9
You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
Psalm 56:1-2
Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
Psalm 57:3
He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.
Psalm 124:3
then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
Proverbs 1:12
let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Isaiah 28:7
They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.
1 Corinthians 15:54
But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
2 Corinthians 5:4
For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
Galatians 6:1-2
Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also are not tempted.
Philippians 2:27
For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
Colossians 3:13
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as the Lord forgave you, so you also do.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:14-15
If any man does not obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
Hebrews 12:12-15
Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,