'Correct' in the Bible
"Now if your brother sins against you, go correct him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
The Judeans replied, "Aren't we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?"
For I testify about them that they have a certain enthusiasm for God, but not in accordance with [correct and vital] knowledge [about Him and His purposes].
I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.
so that you will behave properly toward outsiders [exhibiting good character, personal integrity, and moral courage worthy of the respect of the outside world], and be dependent on no one and in need of nothing [be self-supporting].
He must correct those who are in opposition with courtesy and gentleness in the hope that God may grant that they will repent and be led to the knowledge of the truth [accurately understanding and welcoming it],
Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.
And he must be hospitable [to believers, as well as strangers], a lover of what is good, sensible (upright), fair, devout, self-disciplined [above reproach—whether in public or in private].
He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been taught, so that he will be able to give exhortation in such healthy teaching and correct those who speak against it.
You must submit to [correction for the purpose of] discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Grace and peace [that special sense of spiritual well-being] be multiplied to you in the [true, intimate] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
I correct and discipline those whom I love, so be serious and repent!
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