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I forgot where in the Bible it is located..... Please help me?
Where in the Bible is the passage about friends confronting their friends if they have sinned, and if that doesn't work, go with 2 or more and if that doesn't work, go to the church?
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Can you think of any additional passages about holding friends accountable for their actions and words?
or even passages about allowing friends to go on sinning, or being blind to their friends sins?
12 Answers
- musicalchikLv 41 decade ago
The only one I can think of is James 5:16
16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.
I don't think there is a verse talking about going to the church to 2 or more people, but I could be wrong...
I hope this helps, God bless!
EDIT: Oh, I forgot about Matthew 18. I'm glad some people found it!!!
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
II Corinthians 13:1
I Timothy 5:19
Take these in context. And it doesn't remove the burden of proof.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
proverbs 27:6 also says, "wounds from a friend can be trusted, but the enemy multiplies kisses"
a true friend will appreciate (probably not right away, but later on...) you wounding them in order to help them stay accountable.
- AdoreHimLv 71 decade ago
In Matthew 18
15"If your brother sins against you,[b] go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'[c] 17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
18"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be[d]bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[e] loosed in heaven.
19"Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."
- DwainLv 41 decade ago
Matthew Chapter 18 - but it's not for friends, it's for members of the church...
- Tomorrows GodLv 61 decade ago
You are quoting bible mythology.. In God's eyes there is no sin. To understand this you must read Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch..