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NASB | Matthew 18:15 ¶ "If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:15 ¶ "If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens and pays attention to you, you have won back your brother. |
Subject: biblical ex. of how to rebuke a brother |
Bible Note: Hi Doc, Thanks for the response. I don’t understand why you would believe that I have “read into†the apparently simple question of how to rebuke a brother. The question appears to be a straight forward one. I felt and do feel like my response/answer, a simple quote from scripture, was straight forward as well. No reading into and no long-winded exposition of my interpretation of the verses. You basically did the exact same thing with your response #156500. My question back to you was, does the Gal 6:1-2 have more to do with the restoration of a brother, while Matt. 18:15-17 are more specifically talking about the rebuking of a brother. But you really haven’t answered the question clearly if at all. So I am continuing to attempt to get a clear understanding of this issue without reading into anything. So let’s work on it. You write in response to my post: “You are apparently referring to the subject of church discipline†To be clear, I was actually referring to the “rebuking†of a brother as I took the question from “now†at face value. I quoted from Matt. 18 because that is what Matt. 18 is referring to. If you study it carefully, you will see that the process of rebuking a brother, as spelled out clearly in these verses, may in fact eventually involve the larger church body if earlier steps are not successful. But before it becomes a matter of the church, it is an issue between two brothers and it is a matter of rebuking one brother. You wrote: “The passage in Matthew 18 that you mention is about making every effort to restore a "strayed sheep†I see your point here and I agree with you. The end goal of rebuking another Christian, is to achieve restoration of that brother. Perhaps this is what your “(sic)†reference to the original question from “now†is referring to. The fact that “now†did not include in his/her question the issue of restoring, but focused only on the issue of rebuke (I’m assuming here, I’m not really sure what the “sic†reference means). So I’m thinking that it may have been from your spirit of love that you did in fact read into “now’s†question and answer with scripture focused on restoration verses a simple quotation that focused on rebuke as I did. Working through this, it seems to me that I am correct in offering the quote from Matt. as this scripture is a direct and specific response to the direct and specific question by “nowâ€. But had I read into the question, I would have been more alert to redirect “now’s†thinking to include the need for restoration after the rebuke has succeeded in effecting confession and repentance. In that case I might have been more diligent in following up with additional scripture to include what to do after/if the rebuking process is successful. In conclusion, “nowâ€, if you are still following along, take the instruction of scripture as I offered in Matt. 18. If the bother acknowledges his sin and repents, follow through with the instruction of scripture in Gal 6 as Doc offered. Hope this is helpful to all following, Jeff |