For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and a man of understanding will gain direction;

Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].

Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

And I write more boldly to you brothers, in part, as reminding you, because of the grace having been given to me by God,

Therefore I shall not neglect to constantly remind you concerning these things, although you know and have been established in the present truth.