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And if any man or woman shall commit adultery, he or she shall be tried before two elders of the church, or more, and every word shall be established against him or her by two witnesses of the church, and not of the enemy; but if there are more than two witnesses it is better.
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But he or she
shall be condemned by the mouth of two witnesses; and the elders shall
lay the case before the church, and the church shall lift up their hands
against him or her, that they may be dealt with according to the law of God.
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And if a man or woman shall rob, he or she shall be delivered up unto the law of the land.
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And if he or she shall steal, he or she shall be delivered up unto the law of the land.
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And if he or she shall lie, he or she shall be delivered up unto the law of the land.
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And if he or she do any manner of iniquity, he or she shall be delivered up unto the law, even that of God.
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And if thy brother or sister offend thee, thou shalt take him or her between him or her and thee alone; and if he or she confess thou shalt be reconciled.
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And if he or she confess not thou shalt deliver him or
her up unto the church, not to the members, but to the elders. And it
shall be done in a meeting, and that not before the world.
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And if thy brother or sister offend many, he or she shall be chastened before many.
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And if any one offend openly, he or she shall be rebuked openly, that he or she may be ashamed. And if he or she confess not, he or she shall be delivered up unto the law of God.
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If any shall offend in secret, he or she shall be rebuked in secret, that he or she may have opportunity to confess in secret to him or her whom he or she has offended, and to God, that the church may not speak reproachfully of him or her.
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