Matthew 18:15

New American Bible - revised edition

“If your brother sins [against you], go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let a righteous person strike me; it is mercy if he reproves me. Do not withhold oil from my head while my prayer opposes their evil deeds.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of justice is a tree of life, and one who takes lives is a sage.

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate any of your kindred in your heart. Reprove your neighbor openly so that you do not incur sin because of that person.

Matthew 18:14

In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost. A Brother Who Sins.

Matthew 18:21

Then Peter approaching asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

Matthew 18:35

So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart.”

Romans 12:21

Do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good.

1 Corinthians 8:12

When you sin in this way against your brothers and wound their consciences, weak as they are, you are sinning against Christ.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So then even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, or on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your concern for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, even if a person is caught in some transgression, you who are spiritual should correct that one in a gentle spirit, looking to yourself, so that you also may not be tempted.

Colossians 3:13

bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

not to take advantage of or exploit a brother in this matter, for the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you before and solemnly affirmed.

2 Thessalonians 3:15

Do not regard him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother.

Titus 3:10

After a first and second warning, break off contact with a heretic,

1 Peter 3:1

Likewise, you wives should be subordinate to your husbands so that, even if some disobey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct