The reason we use different styles of rebuke for different people is that we are basing the correction on their attitude.
If they are stubborn and proud they need a stronger rebuke. Those who are weak and not resistant need to have more tenderness.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.…"
When we love people we are more concerned about their spiritual health than we are about anything else.
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