rebuke
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19Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Therefore, be zealous and do penance.
2that you should preach the word urgently, in season and out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke, with all patience and doctrine.
23Be converted by my correction. Lo, I will offer my spirit to you, and I will reveal my words to you.
1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. But whoever hates correction is unwise.
3Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him. 4And if he has sinned against you seven times a day, and seven times a day has turned back to you, saying, ‘I am sorry,’ then forgive him.”
20Reprove sinners in the sight of everyone, so that the others may have fear.
1And, brothers, if a man has been overtaken by any offense, you who are spiritual should instruct someone like this with a spirit of leniency, considering that you yourselves might also be tempted.
16All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,
17You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but reprove him openly, lest you have sin over him.
15Speak and exhort and argue these things with all authority. Let no one despise you.
20he ought to know that whoever causes a sinner to be converted from the error of his ways will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
17The Lord your God is the strength in your midst; he will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness. In his love, he will be silent. He will exult over you with praise.
11But now I have written to you: do not associate with anyone who is called a brother and yet is a fornicator, or greedy, or a servant of idolatry, or a slanderer, or inebriated, or a robber. With such a one as this, do not even take food. 12For what have I to do with judging those who are outside? But do not even you yourselves judge those who are inside? 13For those who are outside, God will judge. But send this evil person away from yourselves.
1You should not rebuke an old man, but rather plead with him, as if he were your father; with young men, like brothers;