Do Christians feel more compelled to correct the behavior of other Christians or that of non-Christians?

Question

What is more important?

What does 1st Corinthians say about this? (someone wrote that it addresses the issue...I don't know)

Answer 1

Im not compelled to correct anyones behavior. But I'll answer questions on both sides of the fence.

Answer 2

Correcting the bahavior of a non-Christian is usually a waste of time. They have little to no respect for Christian behavior, so why bother. About all we can do is get/keep laws in place that will give us the ability to at least stop some of the worst behavior (murder, rape, thieft, etc) by imprisoning them.

Beyond that, the only other "weapon" you have is prayer. You can pray for those who are Christians and those who are not yet Chrstians both. Often does more good then lecturing either.

Answer 3

Christians naturally feel more compelled to correct other christians (especially same church) because they are supposed to be following the same set of rules. A boy can say to his young brother "Hey, you know your not supposed to do that!". But if he says the same thing to the neighbor's child, he could say "that may be the way you do it at your house, but my mom lets me do this". Correction is equally important for both. It just has to be done in differing manners. One is taught by direct instruction and the other by loving example.

Answer 4

We should feel more compelled to correct the behaviour of other Christians (I say should as some probably don't).

The difference between a Christian sinning and a non-Christian sinning is that the Christian is being outwardly rebellious and the non-Christian is just getting it wrong.

Answer 5

At 1Corinthians 2:12, 13 Paul says "For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Do YOU not judge those inside, 13 while God judges those outside? “Remove the wicked [man] from among yourselves" He is giving an exhortation to keep the congregation morally clean.
I don't feel compelled to correct anyone except perhaps my own family. Since God created us as free moral agents, we all chose to either follow God's commands or not. As a Christian I do inform people of what Gods commands are so that they make an informed choice.

Answer 6

1 Corinthians 5:12
What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?

Those outside have not signed on to obey the rules that I choose to live by. I think it is pretty clear in the Bible, but sadly, many Christians missed this part. Our condemnation of others will not convince them that this is the place to be. :(

Matthew 18 shows us our duty in confronting our Christian brothers and sisters. Not those that don't believe.

Answer 7

They feel more compelled to correct, if they are in a place where they can speak. For instance, if one of my God-children were doing something sinful I would speak to them about it, but if it were someone in my parish, well, that is between them, their Priest and God.

Because we have a better understanding of accountability in the Orthdox Christian Church, we don't get silly people trying to constantly harrass others by trying to get them to comply with their idea of holiness.

Answer 8

Christians should stop being so compelled to change anyone's behavior but live their own lives!

Answer 9

No we don't, and all because we help someone get back up again from the sinful mistake they made and move forward does not make it wrong. It's call support even "non-Christians" know this.God Bless. Love. Amen.

Answer 10

there have been a few on here who tried to correct other christians, but all of them try to correct the non-christians