Matthew 18:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

If

Go

Leviticus 19:17

Proverbs 25:9

Thou hast

1 Peter 3:1

General references

Proverbs 27:5

Proverbs 28:23

Bible References

If

So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

If anyone does wrong, and is untrue to the Lord, acting falsely to his neighbour in connection with something put in his care, or something given for a debt, or has taken away anything by force, or has been cruel to his neighbour,

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.

Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

Go

Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

Thou hast

The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

General references

Better is open protest than love kept secret.

He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.