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Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
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Discipline's Goal: Restoration
Commentators emphasize that Paul declares the punishment "sufficient" because it achieved its purpose: leading the offender to repentance. The goal of church discipline is not to crush a person or drive them to despair, but to correct sin and ultimately restore the repentant individual back into fellowship. Scholars like Calvin and Matthew Henry warn against excessive severity, which can be counterproductive and give Satan an advantage.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Sufficient to such a man. The incestuous person who had been removed from the church by Paul's direction. Paul's object here is to have hi…
Punishment (επιτιμια). Late word for old Greek to επιτιμιον (so papyri), from επιτιμαω, to show honour to, to award, to adjudge pe…
19th Century
Anglican
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment.—Better, perhaps, this censure, or rebuke: the Greek word <…
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The man referred to in these verses is almost certainly not the man guilty of incest (1 Corinthians 5; see comment on vv.10–11). Rather…
16th Century
Protestant
Sufficient. He now extends kindness even to the man who had sinned more grievously than the others, and on whose account his anger had bee…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment By this punishment is meant, the excommunication of the incestuous perso…
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The apostle desires them to receive the person who had done wrong back into their communion, because he was aware of his fault and greatly afflicte…
13th Century
Catholic
After giving the reason for his delay—namely, to avoid causing them pain—and after telling them of his sadness, the Apostle here addresses the one …