And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church: but if he neglects to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen man and a tax collector.
And the children of Israel, which had come again out of captivity, and all those who had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
And you shall know that I am the LORD: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done according to the customs of the heathen that are round about you.
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not like other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walks disorderly, and not according to the tradition which he received from us.
And they came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,