2 Thessalonians 3:15
13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
- KJV
- Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
- WEB
- Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
- ASV
- And [yet] count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
- DARBY
- and do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
- BLB
- And do not deem [him] as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
- ÅB
- og hold ham ikke for en fiende, men forman ham som en bror!
- OTB
- Men betrakt dem ikke som en fiende, men advar dem som en bror.
- B1930
- og hold ham ikke for en fiende, men forman ham som en bror!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Titus 3:10
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:14
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:5
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:14
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
Read in contextGalatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Read in contextProverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Read in contextProverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Read in contextMatthew 18:15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
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