My heart will have integrity in following Your decrees, so that I would not be ashamed.
Titus 1:13 - Tree of Life Version This testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so they might be sound in the faith, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And this account of them is [really] true. Because it is [true], rebuke them sharply [deal sternly, even severely with them], so that they may be sound in the faith and free from error, American Standard Version (1901) This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, Common English Bible This statement is true. Because of this, correct them firmly, so that they can be healthy in their faith. Catholic Public Domain Version This testimony is true. Because of this, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This testimony is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; |
My heart will have integrity in following Your decrees, so that I would not be ashamed.
Let the righteous strike me— it is kindness. Let him correct me— it is oil on my head —my head will not refuse it. Yet still my prayer is against their wickedness.
“You are not to hate your brother in your heart. Instead, you are to firmly rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
For this reason I write these things while I am absent, so that when I am present I need not proceed harshly, according to the authority which the Lord gave me—for building up and not for tearing down.
the sexually immoral, homosexuals, slave-traders, liars, perjurers, and for anything else that opposes sound teaching—
In pointing out these things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Messiah Yeshua, nourished in the words of the faith and the sound teaching that you have been following.
Correct those who continue sinning in the presence of everyone, so that the rest also may fear.
proclaim the Word! Be ready when it is convenient or inconvenient. Confront, rebuke, encourage—with complete patience and instruction.
So communicate these things, and encourage and correct with complete authority. Let no one look down on you.
Older men are to be clear-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, in patience.