Church: Rules of Discipline In, Mosaic and Christian

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”

You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.

Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”

If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”

Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

…but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.

When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance. …

If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.

Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.

But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”

Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said …

If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant …

If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, …

If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, …

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, …

Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her, …

While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well. …

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. …

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. …

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.

Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?

When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus, …

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. …

If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!

The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him. …

If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,

…in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—

Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away. …

This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,

This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.

I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.

Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

…holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.

Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

…older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.

If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, …

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,

…knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.

If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.

Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.

And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;

…save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.