Matthew 18:15-18 Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he shall hear you… A reprover is like one that is taking a mote out of his brother's eye — now this must be done very tenderly. For this purpose it would be convenient, where it may be, that reproofs be given privately. "If thy brother offend thee, tell him his fault between him and thee." The presence of many make him take up an unjust defence, who in private would have taken upon him a just shame. The open air makes sores to rankle — other's crimes are not to be cried at the market. Private reproof is the best grave to bury private faults in. (Swinneck.) Parallel Verses KJV: Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. |
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