As such, their lives are in turmoil, and that lack of peace spills out of their hearts into the lives of everyone around them. Your responsibility as a team member of the Peace Police is therefore to work towards bringing these contentious brothers or sisters to the place of peace with God, by trying to find the source of their rebellion and reveal it to them. Oh yes, to do that may well bring anger, rejection, even strife upon you, but God will honor those who seek to bring other believer back to having the peace of God reigning in their hearts. How we need Peace Police in God's assembly of the saints. In fact the Spirit of God calls us to be Peace Police.
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.
Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. We who are Christians, let's seek to reconcile any and every saint who is at war with God and his people. Let us be willing to go to them and help them with their struggle to really love God. If we do that, this will be a sign of true love for God, and our fellow believer in Christ.