KJV King James Version
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
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Matthew 18:15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
WEB World English Bible
“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
ASV American Standard Version
And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;
Surrounding context — Matthew 18
12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that [sheep], than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
16 But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἘὰνG1437 · eanifδὲG1161 · dethenἁμαρτήσῃG264 · hamartanōto sinεἰςG1519 · eistowardσὲG4771 · suyouὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀδελφόςG80 · adelphosbrotherσου,G4771 · suyouὕπαγεG5217 · hupagōto goἔλεγξονG1651 · elegchōto rebukeαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heμεταξὺG3342 · metaxubetween/meanwhileσοῦG4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heμόνου.G3441 · monosaloneἐάνG1437 · eanifσουG4771 · suyouἀκούσῃ,G191 · akouōto hearἐκέρδησαςG2770 · kerdainōto gainτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀδελφόνG80 · adelphosbrotherσου.G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.Luke 17:3-4Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.Colossians 3:13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.2 Thessalonians 3:15Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.James 5:19-20Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;Proverbs 25:9-10Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to another:Romans 12:21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.Psalm 141:5Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.Matthew 18:35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.1 Corinthians 8:12But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.1 Corinthians 6:6-8But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.Leviticus 6:2-7If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;1 Peter 3:1Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.1 Corinthians 9:19-21For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.2 Corinthians 7:12Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, [I did it] not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.1 Thessalonians 4:6That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
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