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Commanding What is Right and
Forbidding What is Wrong

So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and
if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times
in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I re-

pent,' forgive him." (Luke, 17:3-4)

As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence
of all, so that the rest may stand in fear [of God]. (1 Timothy,
5:20)

Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."
Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning;
for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to
your shame. (1 Corinthians, 15:33-34)

"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault,

just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have
won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or
two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by
the testimony of two or three witnesses.' If he refuses to lis-
ten to them, tell it to the community of believers; and if he
refuses to listen even to the community of believers, treat him
as you would a pagan or a tax collector. (Mathew, 18:15-17)

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