Matthew 18:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

Tell

Let

2 John 1:10

An heathen

A publican

General references

Proverbs 22:10

Bible References

Tell

Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.

When you gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of our Lord Jesus,

When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him,

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.

Let

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.

But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him any greeting,

An heathen

When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.

The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel.

Then you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out. Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!'"

Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

A publican

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.

Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

General references

Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.