Concerning a disfellowshipped anointed wrongdoer in Corinth, Paul wrote: “This rebuke given by the majority is sufficient for such a man, so that, on the contrary now, you should kindly forgive and comfort him, that somehow such a man may not be swallowed up by his being overly sad. ”
برای مثال ،‏ پولُس رسول در مورد اخراج یکی از اعضای مسح‌شدهٔ جماعت قُرِنتُس این طور نوشت :‏ « تنبیهی که اکثر شما نسبت به شخص مقصر روا داشتید برای او کافی است .‏