The Watchtower (Study Edition), “Why Disfellowshipping Is a Loving Provision”
“All in the congregation can show principled love by avoiding contact and conversation with the disfellowshipped person. (1 Cor. 5:11; 2 John 10, 11)”
Presents disfellowshipping as protection for the congregation and discipline for the wrongdoer; 'Julian' says of his disfellowshipped son, 'his lifestyle had put up a barrier between us'; the son returned 'after some ten years'.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower (Study Edition), Why Disfellowshipping Is a Loving Provision
Confidence note. Raw WOL HTML fetched; wording and page markers 29-31 confirmed.
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