“Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.”
I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him — the restoration is not merely the removal of punishment but the active reaffirmation of love. The community must demonstrate that discipline did not terminate relationship, only suspended full communion.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 2:8
“Wherefore I beseech you.” He no longer commands but beseeches, not as a teacher but as an equal; and having seated them on the judgment seat he placed himself in the rank of an advocate; for having succeeded in his object, for joy he adopts without restraint the tone of supplication. And what can it be that you beseech? Tell me. “To confirm your love toward him.” That is, 'make it strong,' not simply have intercourse with him, nor any how. Herein, again, he bears…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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