Them that sin; that is, that sin publicly and scandalously, so as others have taken notice of it. Rebuke before all; rebuke not privately, by a ministerial correption, but by a public ecclesiastical correption before the whole church. That others also may fear; that the salve may answer the sore, and the plaster be as broad as the wound; and that others may be afraid to do the like. This end of the punishment agreeth with that mentioned Deuteronomy 13:11.
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1 Timothy 5:20
20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.