Open reproof is better than hidden love.
He who reproves a man finds more favour afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.
‘Do not hate your brother in your heart. Reprove your neighbour, for certain, and bear no sin because of him.
“And if your brother sins against you, go and reprove him, between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
But when I saw that they are not walking straight according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Kĕ
Reprove those who are sinning, in the presence of all, so that the rest also might fear.