Thematic Bible: Ecclesiastical
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Court » Ecclesiastical
"Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed."
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"But if your brother wrongs you go to him and show him his fault while you are alone with him. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. But if he will not listen, take one or two others with you, so that everything may be supported by the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell the congregation. And if he refuses to listen to it, treat him as a heathen or a tax-collector. read more.
"I tell you, whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted.
"I tell you, whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted.
Government » Ecclesiastical » Excommunication as practised among the jews
They answered, "You were born in utter sin, and are you trying to teach us?" So they excluded him from the synagogue.
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Government » Ecclesiastical » Government
If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring down a judgment upon you. The details I will settle when I come.
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The apostles and elders had a meeting to look into this matter.
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For the holy Spirit and we have decided not to lay upon you any burden but this indispensable one,
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Never reprove an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men like brothers,
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But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
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Government » Ecclesiastical » The discipline of
If a man is inclined to a sect, after warning him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him.
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like Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I turned over to Satan, to be taught not to blaspheme.
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I appeal to you personally, by the gentleness and forbearance of Christ??he Paul who is so humble when face to face with you, but so bold in dealing with you when he is far away!
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I have handed the man over to Satan, for his physical destruction, in order that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
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Those who have kept on in their old sins and all the rest I have warned, and I warn them now while I am still away, as I did on my second visit, that if I come back I will spare nobody??3 since you demand proof that Christ really speaks through me. He is not weak in dealing with you. On the contrary, right among you he exhibits his power.
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Government » Ecclesiastical » The authority of
"Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed."
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I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted."
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"I tell you, whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted.
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As they traveled on from one town to another, they passed on to the brothers for their observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.
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Obey your leaders and give way to them, for they are keeping watch in defense of your souls, as men accountable for the trust. Make their work a joy and not a grief, for that would be the worse for you.
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- Examples of Leadership
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