Matthew 18:15

If your Brother does wrong, go to him and convince him of his fault when you and he are alone. If he listens to you, you have won your Brother.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14So, too, it is the will of my Father who is in Heaven that not one of these lowly ones should be lost.

16But, if he does not listen to you, take with you one or two others, so that ‘on the evidence of two or three witnesses, every word may be put beyond dispute.’

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Cross References

Luke 17:3Be on your guard! If your brother does wrong, reprove him; but if he repents, forgive him.

1 Corinthians 6:6Must Brother go to law with Brother, and that, too, before unbelievers?

1 Corinthians 9:19Although I was entirely free, yet, to win as many converts as possible, I made myself everyone’s slave.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 18:8-15

Cautions against Offences. 7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! 8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than… Read the whole commentary →

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