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## your brother ##
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This normally includes "your fellow-believer" as well as actual "brothers" who were born to the same mother and father.
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## rebuke him ##
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"warn him strongly" or "tell him strongly that what he did was wrong" or "correct him"
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## if he sins ##
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This is a conditional statement that talks about an event that will probably happen in the future.
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## if he sins seven times ##
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This is a hypothetical future situation. It may never happen, but even if it does, Jesus tells people to forgive.
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## seven times in the day ##
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This could be translated as "many times in a day." The number seven in the Bible is a symbol for completeness.
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