My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back,
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.
My people—infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths.
for by professing it some have swerved from the faith. Grace be with you.
Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain.
You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments.
Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion.
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.
Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
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