Overtaken] as if pursued and caught.
Fault] RV 'trespass,' or transgression, such as the error into which the readers had been beguiled. Spiritual] as opposed to 'natural' or 'carnal': cp. 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 3:1-4.
Spirit] i.e. temper. Lest thou, etc.] in similar circumstances need a similar sympathy.