哥林多後書2:5-11

2:5 若有叫人憂愁的，他不但叫我憂愁，也是叫你們眾人有幾分憂愁。我說幾分，恐怕說得太重。
2:6 這樣的人受了眾人的責罰也就夠了，
2:7 倒不如赦免他，安慰他，免得他憂愁太過，甚至沉淪了。
2:8 所以我勸你們，要向他顯出堅定不移的愛心來。
2:9 為此我先前也寫信給你們，要試驗你們，看你們凡事順從不順從。
2:10 你們赦免誰，我也赦免誰。我若有所赦免的，是在基督面前為你們赦免的，
2:11 免得撒但趁著機會勝過我們，因我們並非不曉得他的詭計。

⁵ If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely. ⁶ The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient. ⁷ Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. ⁸ I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. ⁹ Another reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. ¹⁰ Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, ¹¹ in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

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    保羅不希望哥林多信徒陷入憂愁之中，而與救恩遠離以致於沉淪！所以，要赦免那些肯悔改的人，不讓憂愁籠罩在教會之中，要讓基督的喜樂充滿在教會裡，因為喜樂是得救的記號！

    人如何才能得真正的喜樂呢？就是到上帝面前認罪之後，蒙上帝因耶穌基督的緣故赦免我們一切得過犯！正如約翰一書1章9節說：「我們若認自己的罪，上帝是信實的，是公義的，必要赦免我們的罪，洗淨我們一切的不義。」

    而且上帝就是喜悅赦免人的罪，正如詩人所說：「我向你陳明我的罪，不隱瞞我的惡。我說：我要向耶和華承認我的過犯，你就赦免我的罪惡。」（詩篇32:5）

    既然上帝都赦免了，教會豈能不赦免呢！使大家同享赦罪的喜樂，魔鬼就不會用罪疚來攻擊弟兄姊妹。魔鬼就是要讓我們因憂愁而沉淪，而忘記上帝的赦罪之恩！