8 Bible Verses about Church Discipline

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment by the many, so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow. Therefore I beseech you to affirm love for him.

These things speak and exhort and rebuke with every command. Let no man disregard thee.

And if any man does not obey our word by this letter, note that man, and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

I know thy works, and thy toil, and thy perseverance, and that thou cannot tolerate evil, and thou examined those who say themselves to be apostles, and are not, and found them false.

But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother. But if he should not hear, take with thee one or two besides, so that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he is heedless of them, speak to the church. But if he is also heedless of the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the tax collector.

This testimony is true, because of which reason, reprove them harshly, so that they may be sound in the faith,

And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.

But God judges those outside. And ye yourselves shall drive out the evil man from you.