Matthew 18:15-17

If Your Brother Sins Against You

15 1"If your brother sins against you, 2go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have 3gained your brother.
16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established 4by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
17 If he refuses to listen to them, 5tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, 6let him be to you as 7a Gentile and 8a tax collector.

Cross References 8

  • 1. Luke 17:3
  • 2. 2 Thessalonians 3:15; [Titus 3:10; James 5:19]; See Leviticus 19:17
  • 3. 1 Corinthians 9:19-22; 1 Peter 3:1
  • 4. Deuteronomy 19:15; 2 Corinthians 13:1; [Numbers 35:30; John 8:17; 1 Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28]
  • 5. [1 Corinthians 5:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 6:1-6]
  • 6. [Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 5:9-13; 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14; 2 John 10]
  • 7. Matthew 5:46, 47
  • 8. Matthew 5:46, 47
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