Matthew 18:17 Cross References - Mace

¹⁷ if he does not relent, tell it to the church: but if he is not moved by the church, show him no more regard than you would to a pagan or a publican.

⁴⁶ but if you love only them who love you, what reward can ye have? do not the heathens themselves do as much?

⁷ When you pray, be not verbose, as the heathen are: for they think they shall be heard for their loquaciousness.

¹⁹ the son of man does not abstain from eating and drinking, and they cry there's a glutton, and a sot, a friend of publicans and sinners: "but wisdom is justified by her children."

³¹ which of the two obey'd his father? they said, the first. Jesus reply'd, I declare to you, that the publicans and licentious people enter into the gospel kingdom before you. ³² for John instructed you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the licentious believed him. and tho' you saw that, you did not yet repent, so as to believe him.

¹ Then many of the Publicans, and people of a bad reputation gather'd about Jesus to hear him;

¹¹ the Pharisee in a standing posture pray'd thus by himself, O God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, a robber, a cheat, an adulterer, or like that Publican.

² one Zaccheus, a rich man, and collector-general of the customs, ³ was very desirous to see the person of Jesus, but could not for the crowd, he being of a low stature.

¹ At that time, as the number of the disciples was multiplied, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the distribution that was made daily. ² the twelve therefore assembled all the disciples, and said, it is not fit that we should leave the word of God, to mind what relates to your meals. ³ wherefore, brethren, chuse out of your number seven persons of good reputation, full of the holy spirit and wisdom, who may have the management of this affair:

⁶ The apostles therefore, and the presbyters assembled to deliberate upon this affair. ⁷ and after the question had been much canvass'd, Peter rose up, and said, my brethren, you know that a considerable time since God chose me from among you to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, and bring them to the faith.

¹⁷ Now I beseech you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and revolts against the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them. ¹⁸ for such as these serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own selfishness; and by flourish and flattery, deceive the open-hearted simple.

³ as for me, though I am absent in person, yet being present by my authority, with regard to him that has committed this fact, I am come to the same resolution, as if I was present, ⁴ that is, when you are assembled, and I virtually there, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁵ to deliver him up to satan, to suffer corporal punishment, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹ When I formerly writ to you, not to keep company with the vicious:

⁶ the punishment, which was inflicted by the community, is sufficient on this occasion. ⁷ so that now you ought rather to forgive, and comfort him, for fear he should be overwhelm'd by an excess of sorrow.

¹⁴ Are you not become associates with infidels? but what affinity is there between virtue and vice? and what communication has light with darkness? ¹⁵ what concord can Christ maintain with Belial? what concern has a believer with an infidel? ¹⁶ and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God has said, "I will dwell with, and walk among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ¹⁷ wherefore come out from among them, be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

¹⁷ This I say therefore, and conjure you by the Lord not to live for the future as other Gentiles do, in the vanity of their minds, ¹⁸ which are overspread with darkness, and averse to a religious life, thro' their innate ignorance and obduracy: ¹⁹ who without remorse, have abandon'd themselves to brutality, in gratifying every lewd unnatural passion.

¹¹ and be not accomplices in the fruitless practices of vice; on the contrary, condemn them. ¹² for it is a shame even to mention what they practise in secret.

⁶ We direct you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw from all those of your brethren, whose conduct is irregular, and not agreeable to the instructions they received from us.

¹⁴ and if any one should disregard what we have prescrib'd, signify it to us by letter, and don't converse with him, that he may be put to shame. ¹⁵ however, don't treat him as an enemy, but reprove him as a brother.

⁵ mischievous opinions, and a familiarity with pernicious ignorant impostors, who consider religion only as it makes for their gain.

¹⁰ whoever comes to you unaccompanied with this doctrine, don't admit him to your house, nor treat him with the common term of civility. ¹¹ for he who shows that respect to such a man, is accessary to his wicked actions.

⁹ I have writ to the church: but Diotrephes, who affects the superiority, has no regard to our representations. ¹⁰ for which reason, when I come, I shall animadvert upon his conduct, and the malicious aspersions he casts upon us: not contented with this, he will neither receive the brethren himself, nor suffer those who are better inclin'd, to do it; but drives them out of the church.