Covering Not Retaliating

In Colossians 3, Paul says to believers, bear with one another. And if one has a complaint, forgive one another as the Lord has forgiven you. So enduring forgiving means that people have offended me and I choose not to retaliate. In other words, when we mercifully pursue a wayward brother or sister they are saved from making shipwreck of their faith. C APJ is 1849 and 1850 for more on what it means to shipwreck the faith.