Object

• world: And while the Spirit comforts saints, he reproves the world.

• people: The first reproves the people for their leaving the building of the Lord's house to build their own.

• sin: If you reprove a sin, cease not till the sinner promises you to leave it, and avoid the occasions of it.

• other: They that are faulty themselves cannot reprove others without blushing and great shame.

• king: To pretend to know nothing was dangerous; it was impossible to reprove the king privately, while to do so openly was unprecedented.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: No wonder God says " have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

• all: Well, then, we are bound to reprove all whom we are bound to love, whether superiors or inferiors.

• only: The Word not only reproves sin in the life of an individual but it also reproves false teaching and error.