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How should sin and sinners be dealt with in the church?

Paul handled sin in the church differently than the way Peter handled it.

When Ananias and Sapphira sinned against the Holy Spirit by keeping a portion of their contribution to themselves (a lying heart that made them put up a hype of their sacrifice), Peter rebuked their sin openly and condemned them to death.

Paul was a mature believer. He wanted the Corinthian believers to put away the sinful man who was openly committing a grievous sin of incest and to deliver him to Satan so that his body might be tortured but his soul be saved. He gave the sinner an opportunity to repent – a father’s heart indeed! And when the sinner repented, he wrote to the believers again to accept him into the congregation by forgiving his sin.
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