Matthew 18:15
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Reproving Another Who Sins
15 “If your brother or sister sins against you,[a] go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If you are listened to, you have regained that one.(A)
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- 18.15 Other ancient authorities lack against you
Leviticus 19:17
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17 “You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself.(A)
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Luke 17:3-4
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3 Be on your guard! If a brother or sister sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive.(A) 4 And if the same person sins against you seven times a day and turns back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive.”(B)
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Colossians 3:13
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13 Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord[a] has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
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- 3.13 Other ancient authorities read just as Christ
Galatians 6:1
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Bear One Another’s Burdens
6 My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.
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2 Thessalonians 3:15
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15 Do not regard them as enemies, but admonish them as brothers and sisters.
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James 5:19-20
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19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth[a] and is brought back by another, 20 you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s[b] soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.(A)
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Matthew 18:35
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35 So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
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Psalm 141:5
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5 Let the righteous strike me;
let the faithful correct me.
Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head,[a]
for my prayer is continually[b] against their wicked deeds.(A)
Romans 12:21
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21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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Proverbs 25:9-10
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9 Argue your case with your neighbor directly,
and do not disclose another’s secret,(A)
10 or else someone who hears you will bring shame upon you,
and your ill repute will have no end.
1 Corinthians 6:6-8
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6 Instead, brothers and sisters go to court against one another, and this before the unbelievers.(A)
7 In fact, to have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?(B) 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud—and brothers and sisters at that.
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1 Peter 3:1
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Wives and Husbands
3 Wives, in the same way, be subject to your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct,(A)
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Proverbs 11:30
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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and the wise capture souls.(A)
Leviticus 6:2-7
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2 “When any of you sin and commit a trespass against the Lord by deceiving a neighbor in a matter of a deposit or a pledge or by robbery or if you have defrauded a neighbor(A) 3 or have found something lost and lied about it—if you swear falsely regarding any of the various things that one may do and sin(B)— 4 when you have sinned and recognize your guilt and would restore what you took by robbery or by fraud or the deposit that was committed to you or the lost thing that you found 5 or anything else about which you have sworn falsely, you shall repay the principal amount and add one-fifth to it. You shall pay it to its owner when you recognize your guilt.(C) 6 And you shall bring to the priest, as your guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering.(D) 7 The priest shall make atonement on your behalf before the Lord, and you shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and incur guilt thereby.”(E)
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1 Corinthians 8:12
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12 But when you thus sin against brothers and sisters and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
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2 Corinthians 7:12
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12 So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong but in order that your zeal for us might be made known to you before God.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 4:6
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6 that no one wrong or exploit a brother or sister in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we have already told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:19-21
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19 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.(A) 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to gain Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might gain those under the law. 21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not outside God’s law but am within Christ’s law) so that I might gain those outside the law.(B)
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