Matthew 18:15

"If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point out his fault to him when only you and he are there. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

14Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.

16But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested by two or three witnesses.

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Cross References

Luke 17:3Be on your guard. "If your brother acts wrongly, reprove him; and if he is sorry, forgive him;

1 Corinthians 6:6but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

1 Corinthians 9:19Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible.

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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