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If any man doesn`t obey our word by this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
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Commentators unanimously agree that the purpose of separating from a disobedient believer is redemptive. The goal is to bring about a sense of shame that leads to self-reflection, repentance, and restoration to the community. It is a severe but loving action designed to save the person from their sin, not to treat them as an enemy to be cast out permanently.
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2 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And if any man does not obey our word by this epistle, Margin, or signify that man by an epistle. According to the marginal readi…
And if any one obeyeth not our word by this epistle (ε δε τις ουχ υπακουε τω λογω ημων δια της επιστολης). Paul sums up the issue …
19th Century
Anglican
And if anyone— This is an appeal to the right-minded, not only to persevere themselves, but to join with the overseers of their ch…
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Baptist
This kind of Christian discipline ought to be carried out still, in reference not only to this one case of busybodies, but to all other cases. When…
Paul now describes specifically how the Thessalonian Christians should deal with loafers who disobey his instructions. First, they are urged to kee…
16th Century
Protestant
If any one obeys not. He has already declared previously that he commands nothing but from the Lord. Therefore, the person who wo…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if any man obey not our word Of command, to work quietly, and eat his own bread, now signified "by this epistle"…
Those who have received the gospel are to live according to the gospel. Those who could work, and would not, were not to be maintained in idleness.…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle showed by his own example what he taught them: that they should not be burdensome but should work. Here, he shows…
