"A servant of The Lord must be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition" (2 Timothy 2:24-25).
Correcting is a delicate operation. There are many dangers but one of the greatest is pride in the one doing the correction. There are several warnings in scripture about this.
"Brethren if anyone is overtaken by a temptation, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted" ( Galatians 6:1). "Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18). He that thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except as is common to man..." (1 Corinthians 10:12-13a).
It is our duty of love to correct, but we never forget that we too could fail and have done so in the past. Our goal in correcting is not to show ourselves righteous, but to rescue the fallen (2 Timothy 2:25-26).
