Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.

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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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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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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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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 “‘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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