Open rebuke, Heb. which is manifested or discovered, either,
1. Publicly and before others, when it is needful; in which case, though it put a man to some shame, yet it doth him good. Or,
2. Privately, and to the offender's time, a plain and downright reproof. Better; more desirable and beneficial. Secret love; which lies hid in the heart, and doth not show itself by friendly actions, and particularly by free and faithful reproof, which is a principal end and benefit of friendship.