To be disfellowshipped, the wrongdoer would have to be a malicious, unrepentant slanderer. Elders are not authorized to disfellowship anyone for trivial gossip that is motivated by human interest but that is not false or malicious.
प्राचीनों को साधारण गपशप और विद्वेषपूर्ण मिथ्यापवाद के बीच सुस्पष्ट प्रभेद करते हुए, प्रार्थनापूर्वक इन विषयों पर विचार करना चाहिए ।