Do We Have To Correct Everyone Who Sins In Front Of Us?

[KarenJoanna]

Like when people curse, or like today, in school, some classmates were talking about using condoms I think, I am not sure and I said nothing. Is it a mortal sin?

[Theoketos]

It often depends. I would meditated on the following verses to find your answer:



From Matthew 7

“Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’ while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye."

“Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces."

From Ezekiel 33:8-

[color=#000000][font=Times][size=1]"If I tell the wicked man that he shall surely die, and you do not speak out to dissuade the wicked man from his way, he (the wicked man) shall die for his guilt, but I will hold you responsible for his death. [/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Times][size=1]But if you warn the wicked man, trying to turn him from his way, and he refuses to turn from his way, he shall die for his guilt, but you shall save yourself."[/size][/font][/color]

And finally form 1 John 5:16-17

"If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly."