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Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs 23)

Gentle Spirit Required for Correcting Others

No man is prepared for chastising a brother till he has succeeded in acquiring a gentle spirit.

John Calvin
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