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How do you deal with someone close to you who is knowingly sinning?

If there is a group of people you associate with, say in your circle of closest friends or family even, and there is one or two of them who continue to do what you consider a sin, how do you act around them? Do you avoid them? Change your circle?

Say they commit adultery or theft or slander or something else. But bottom line is that what they do is a sin in your book. What is the right thing to do? If they already know it's wrong, but they live as if they aren't sinning (Because let's face it, many things that are deemed wrong in the past are suddenly accepted by society as okay. Keywords being accepted by society, not right.) , what is the right thing to do?

Funny thing about right and wrong. Society changes it continuously for convenience. Do you see it? I'm asking this to you, especially to those who know what WWJD stands for. What do you think would Jesus do?
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BlueVeins · 22-25
In the cases you enumerated, I think the best way is just to confront them about it directly, or make some derogatory comment which suggests that what they're doing is immoral. Shame is a powerful tool, and when it registers to someone that what they're doing is wrong, that has a chance of improving their behavior.

Because let's face it, many things that are deemed wrong in the past are suddenly accepted by society as okay. Keywords being accepted by society, not right.

What are you talking about? Adultery is still wildly taboo; there are constant new song releases dedicated to hating cheaters. You can find videos online of people selling their cheating exes' shit, and few of the comments will favor the cheaters. If you steal something, then uniformed agents of the state will drag you into their car and put you in a metal cage, and the vast majority of people agree with that treatment, at least on some level. Slander is relatively accepted now, but moreso because the idea of truth is kinda disintegrating with the rise of fascism and all. So I guess that one might count in some circumstances, but most people still despise being lied to, and it's still a civil offense that most people agree should indeed be an offense.