(A)Open rebuke is better
Than love carefully concealed.

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Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.

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23 (A)He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward
Than he who flatters with the tongue.

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23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
    rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(A)

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14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about (A)the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter (B)before them all, (C)“If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, [a]why do you compel Gentiles to live as [b]Jews?

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:14 NU how can you
  2. Galatians 2:14 Some interpreters stop the quotation here.

14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,(A) I said to Cephas(B) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.(C) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?(D)

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20 Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.

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20 But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove(A) before everyone, so that the others may take warning.(B)

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Dealing with a Sinning Brother

15 “Moreover (A)if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, (B)you have gained your brother.

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Dealing With Sin in the Church

15 “If your brother or sister[a] sins,[b] go and point out their fault,(A) just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:15 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verses 21 and 35.
  2. Matthew 18:15 Some manuscripts sins against you

17 (A)‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. (B)You shall surely [a]rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

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  1. Leviticus 19:17 reprove

17 “‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart.(A) Rebuke your neighbor frankly(B) so you will not share in their guilt.

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