Thosewho continue in sin,rebukein the presenceof all,sothat the restalsowill be fearful[of sinning].
You shall not hateyour fellowcountrymanin your heart;you may surelyreproveyour neighbor,but shall not incursinbecauseof him.
Thisbecameknownto all,bothJewsand Greeks,who livedin Ephesus;and fearfellupon them alland the nameof the LordJesuswas being magnified.
And greatfearcameoverthe wholechurch,and overallwho heardof these things.
And as he heardthesewords,Ananiasfell downand breathed his last;and greatfearcameoverallwho heardof it.
For beholdwhatearnestnessthisvery thing,thisgodlysorrow,has producedin you: whatvindicationof yourselves, whatindignation,whatfear,whatlonging,whatzeal,whatavenging of wrong!In everythingyou demonstratedyourselvesto be innocentin the matter.
Do not participatein the unfruitfuldeedsof darkness,but insteadevenexposethem;
"Then allIsraelwill hearand be afraid,and will neveragaindosucha wickedthingamongyou.
"Then allthe peoplewill hearand be afraid,and will not actpresumptuouslyagain.
"The restwill hearand be afraid,and will neveragaindosuchan evilthingamongyou.
"Then allthe menof his cityshall stonehim to death;so you shall removethe evilfrom your midst,and allIsraelwill hear[of it] and fear.
Among theseare Hymenaeusand Alexander,whomI have handed overto Satan,sothat they will be taughtnot to blaspheme.
preachthe word;be readyin season[and] out of season;reprove,rebuke,exhort,with greatpatienceand instruction.
Thistestimonyis true.For thisreasonreprovethem severelysothat they may be soundin the faith,
These thingsspeakand exhortand reprovewith allauthority.Let no onedisregardyou.
