"... 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...to keep Satan from taking advantage of us..." 2 Corinthians 2:7,11
Forgiveness, comfort, and encouragement toward another not only brings light and life to the darkness on both sides, but it stops Satan dead in his tracks leaving him without a leg to stand on.
