REPROOF (Reproving)
(See also Counsel; Discipline; Rebuke)
accepting: uw 125-128; w78 7/1 4; w72 708; g68 2/8 4; w63 660-661; g63 11/8 3-4
announcement that someone has been reproved: w81 9/1 26-27; w76 730-735
Bible examples: w78 7/1 3-4; g68 2/8 3-4; w63 658-659
David given: w78 7/1 3; w76 724-725
Peter given: g82 9/8 27; w77 697; w76 725, 731
by elders: w81 9/1 21-27; w77 689-692; w76 719-735; w72 15-17; or 165-170; yb72 20-23
by one or two elders in an informal atmosphere: w77 689-690
responsibility to give: w76 720; w75 268
by Jehovah: w76 717-720
mercy toward those who accept: w74 461-462
by one’s own heart: w77 688-689, 693-694; w76 724, 727
defined: w81 9/1 23-24; w76 721-724; w75 267-268
degrees of severity: w76 719, 725; or 165-166
different from rebuke: w76 721-724; w64 31; w63 659-660; mg63 23
discussion: w81 9/1 21-27; w77 688-692; w76 717-735
expression of love: g68 2/8 3-4
for lesser sins that led to serious one: w77 691
for personal offenses of a serious nature (Mt 18:15-17): w72 466
for serious wrongdoing: w77 691
Greek word: w76 721-724
manner of dealing with wrongdoers: w81 9/1 21-26; w77 691-692; w76 720, 728-730
judicial committee not obliged to meet repeatedly with wrongdoer: w81 9/1 26
no “terms”: km 5/73 8
not “probation”: km 3/75 4; km 5/73 8
not “put on”: km 3/75 4
of congregation collectively: w77 689-691
of elders: w77 697
of ministerial servants: w77 697; w72 126
of persons who practice sin: w76 725-730
of unbelievers at congregation meetings (1Co 14:24): w77 690-691
purpose of, motive behind: w81 9/1 23-24; w80 9/1 25; w77 692; w76 723-724, 728-730; w72 465-466; w63 661; mg63 23
“reprove before all onlookers” (1Ti 5:20): w81 9/1 24, 26; w76 730-735; w72 438; or 168-170; w63 660
restrictions: w81 9/1 27
length of time one must wait before qualifying as an auxiliary pioneer: km 3/83 3
one reproved may still preach: km 12/74 4
why necessary: km 3/75 4
talk on Service Meeting regarding conduct that led to: w81 9/1 27; w77 691; w76 734-735
various ways given: w77 689-691
when reproved one moves: km 3/75 4
wrongs committed some years ago: km 10/72 8