rebuking

⁵An open rebuke is better than hidden love.

¹⁵But if your brother has sinned against you, go and correct him, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you will have regained your brother. ¹⁶But if he will not listen you, invite with you one or two more, so that every word may stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses. ¹⁷And if he will not listen to them, tell the Church. But if he will not listen to the Church, let him be to you like the pagan and the tax collector.

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.

¹⁵Speak and exhort and argue these things with all authority. Let no one despise you.

²that you should preach the word urgently, in season and out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke, with all patience and doctrine.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice, ¹⁷so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work.

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.

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.”

⁶The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.

²³Be converted by my correction. Lo, I will offer my spirit to you, and I will reveal my words to you.

¹⁹Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Therefore, be zealous and do penance.

¹You should not rebuke an old man, but rather plead with him, as if he were your father; with young men, like brothers;

¹²For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

¹⁵The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,

⁸Do not be willing to argue with a mocker, lest he hate you. Dispute with the wise, and he will love you. ⁹Present an opportunity to the wise, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach the just, and he will hurry to receive it.