Show mercy to some people who have doubts.
“ ‘This is what the Lord God says: As for you, my flock, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the male sheep and the male goats.
So I beg you to show that you love him.
I wish I could be with you now and could change the way I am talking to you, because I do not know what to think about you.
Brothers and sisters, if someone in your group does something wrong, you who are spiritual should go to that person and gently help make him right again. But be careful, because you might be tempted to sin, too.
Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the Lord Jesus Christ with his mercy to give you life forever.
Take others out of the fire, and save them. Show mercy mixed with fear to others, hating even their clothes which are dirty from sin.
