Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Bible References

General references

Matthew 18:15
"And, if your brother sin against you, go show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hear you, you gained your brother;
Galatians 2:14
But, when I saw that they were not walking uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas in presence of them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as do the gentiles, and not as the Jews, how do you compel the gentiles to live as do the Jews?"
1 Timothy 5:20
Those who sin reprove before all, that the rest also may have fear.