Matthew 18:15

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

“ ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.

Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.

The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the middle of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

No, but you yourselves do wrong and defraud, and that against your brothers.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.

Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.

“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.” ’

“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

for he who welcomes him participates in his evil deeds.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

For every matter of trespass, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, ‘This is mine,’ the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,

Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go out from me!” No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest.

Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

“Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.