16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
20 ....remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
I think it is extremely important to develop a friendship within your Christian circles that will help you grow in your faith. This friendship should be one where the 2 people involved truly share what is going on in their lives: struggles, joys, triumphs, trials, etc. If you continue to hide your sins from others obviously God knows these sins and these sins break the fellowship that God desires from us. I do feel you can only turn someone from their errors if you have developed a trusting relationship with that person. You would be less likely to get any retaliation or fault pointing if you've built up that relationship. This friendship is what I would consider as an "accountability partner." You've got to make sure this relationship doesn't enable both people to continue sinning or it brings both persons away from God.
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