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# rebuke
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## Definition
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To rebuke is to give someone a stern verbal correction, often in order to help that person turn away from sin.
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* The New Testament commands Christians to rebuke other believers when they are clearly disobeying God.
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* The book of Proverbs instructs parents to rebuke their children when they are disobedient.
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* A rebuke is typically given to prevent the one who committed the wrong from involving themselves further in sin.
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* This could be translated by, "sternly correct" or "admonish."
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