When a Person Sins Against You^(A)

¹⁵ “If your ·fellow believer [^Lbrother (or sister)] sins against you,^[a] go and ·tell him what he did wrong [^Lreprove/convict/correct him] ·in private [^Lbetween you and him alone]. If he listens to you, you have ·helped that person to be your brother or sister again [^Lgained/won back your brother (or sister)]. ¹⁶ But if he refuses to listen, go to him again and take one or two other people with you. ‘Every ·case [matter; charge] may be proved by [the testimony of; ^Lthe mouth of] two or three witnesses’ [Deut. 19:15]. ¹⁷ If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, then treat him like a ·person who does not believe in God [pagan; Gentile] or like a tax collector.

¹⁸ “I tell you the truth, ·the things [whatever] you ·don’t allow [forbid; ^Lbind] on earth will be ·the things God does not allow [forbidden/bound in heaven]. And ·the things [whatever] you ·allow [permit; ^Lloose] on earth will be ·the things that God allows [permitted/^Lloosed in heaven].”

³ So ·be careful [watch yourselves]!

“If ·another follower [fellow believer; ^Lyour brother (or sister)] sins, ·warn [rebuke] him, and if he ·is sorry and stops sinning [repents], forgive him.

²³ If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven. If you ·don’t forgive them [withhold forgiveness; ^Lretain the sins of any; Matt. 16:19; 18:18], they are not forgiven.”