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If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
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A Final, Loving Appeal
Commentators stress that bringing an issue before the church is the final step in a loving process aimed at restoration, not punishment. The goal is to have the entire community plead with the unrepentant person. Charles Spurgeon notes that every step, from the first private visit to this final act, is done "affectionately, with the aim of setting the brother right." It's a last-ditch effort to win back a straying believer.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Tell it unto the Church.
The church may here mean the whole assembly of believers, or it may mean those who are authorized to try s…
Refuse to hear (παρακουση). Like Isa 65:12. Many papyri examples for ignoring, disregarding, hearing without heeding, hearing asid…
19th Century
Anglican
If he neglects to hear them—This is better understood as refuse, as the word implies something more than mere negligence.…
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Baptist
Men capable of injuring others are often so hardened that they reject the kindest appeal. If a brother acts in this way, should we give him up? No,…
Refusal to submit to the considered judgment of Messiah’s people means that they are to treat the offender as “a pagan or a tax collector.” The flo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if he shall neglect to hear them The one or two, in conjunction with the offended person that shall hear the ease, and adm…
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If a professed Christian is wronged by another, he ought not to complain about it to others, as is often done based merely on reports, but should g…
13th Century
Catholic
Here a parable is presented. Firstly, the careful search is described; and secondly, the joy of having found the sheep is described. Therefore, He …
