“Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.”
The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient — the offender has been disciplined by the community (ekkanonia, perhaps formal censure or temporary exclusion). Paul affirms the Corinthians' judgment as adequate; the purpose was correction, not annihilation.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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