17
“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
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Verse 17. Openly, is not in the Hebrew or other versions. Instead of bearing malice at the heart, we are authorized to demand our right in a legal manner, or to correct in a fraternal matter, the person who may have injured us, lest we incur sin for our neglect, and the offender continue impenitent. Jesus Christ instructs us to do this with as little disturbance as possible. Matthew 18:15. Yet public sins must undergo a public correction. 1 Timothy 5:20. Saint Augustine ser. 82. Love should regulate our complaints. Id. q. 70.
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