# if he refuses to listen to them

"if your fellow believer refuses to listen to the witnesses who came with you"

# to the church

"to the whole community of believers"

# let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector

"treat him as you would treat a Gentile or tax collector." This implies that they should remove him from the community of believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/church]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/gentile]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/taxcollector]]