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2 Thessalonians 3:15
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Yet don’t consider him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.
Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
And yet do not regard that person as an enemy, but admonish that one as a brother or sister.
But do not treat them as enemies. Warn them as fellow believers.
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
And yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
Don't consider them your enemies, but speak kindly to them as you would to any other follower.
But don't consider him an enemy; on the contrary, confront him as a brother and try to help him change.
and do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
But don't treat them as enemies. Counsel them as fellow believers.
Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.
Yet do not consider him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
But do not treat them as enemies; instead, warn them as believers.
And do not consider him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
But do not count him as one hostile, but warn him as a brother.
Do not regard him as an enemy, but keep admonishing him as a [believing] brother.
And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.
Don't count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
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Yet, not as an enemy hold him, but admonish him as a brother.
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Yet count him not as an enemie, but warne hym as a brother.
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And [yet] do not count as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Don't think of them as enemies, but warn them as you would a brother or sister.
Do not think of him as one who hates you. But talk to him as a Christian brother.
Do not regard them as enemies, but warn them as believers.
And, not as an enemy, be esteeming him, but be admonishing him, as a brother.
Yet do not esteem him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother.
Do not look on him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
And count him not as an enemy: but warne him as a brother.
and as an enemy count [him] not, but admonish ye [him] as a brother;
Yet counte him not as an enemye, but warne him as a brother.
however, don't treat him as an enemy, but reprove him as a brother.
I'm not saying they should be treated as enemies, but let your actions be a warning to them, not because you hate them, but because you love them.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
count: Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 19:18, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 2 Corinthians 2:6-10, 2 Corinthians 10:8, 2 Corinthians 13:10, Galatians 6:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:14, Jude 1:22, Jude 1:23
admonish: Psalms 141:5, Proverbs 9:9, Proverbs 25:12, Matthew 18:15, 1 Corinthians 4:14, Titus 3:10, James 5:19, James 5:20
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:3 - pronounce Job 13:24 - holdest me Matthew 18:17 - let Romans 16:17 - mark 2 Corinthians 2:7 - ye Colossians 3:16 - teaching 2 Thessalonians 3:6 - that ye 1 Timothy 1:20 - that
Cross-References
Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Is it really true that God said, ‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard'?"
but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, ‘You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.'"
The serpent said to the woman, "Surely you will not die,
When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the orchard.
The man replied, "I heard you moving about in the orchard, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."
So the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman replied, "The serpent tricked me, and I ate."
The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life.
And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Yet count him not as an enemy,.... As an enemy of Christ, and the Christian religion, as the Jews and Pagans were; or as an enemy of all righteousness, as Elymas the sorcerer was; as one that has an implacable hatred to good men, and a persecutor of them, and has an utter aversion to them and their principles; nor deal with him in an hostile, fierce, furious, and passionate manner, as if you were seeking his destruction, and not his restoration. This seems to be levelled against the Jews, who allowed of hatred to incorrigible persons: they say t,
"an hater that is spoken of in the law, is not of the nations of the world, but of Israel; but how shall an Israelite hate an Israelite? does not the Scripture say, "thou shall not hate thy brother in thine heart?" the wise men say, when a man sees him alone, who has committed a transgression, and he admonishes him, and he does not return, lo, it is מצוה לשונאו, "a commandment to hate him" until he repents and turns from his wickedness.''
But admonish, or "reprove" him
as a brother; as one that has been called a brother, and a member of the church, and who, though criminal, has no bitterness in him against the church, or against the name of Christ, and the doctrines of Christ; and therefore should not be treated in a virulent manner, but with a brotherly affection, meekness, compassion, and tenderness; and who indeed is to be reckoned as a brother, while the censure is passing, and the sentence of excommunication is executing on him; for till it is finished he stands in such a relation: though this also may have respect, as to the manner of excommunicating persons, so to the conduct of the church to such afterwards; who are not to neglect them, and much less to treat them as enemies, in a cruel and uncompassionate manner; but should inquire, and diligently observe, what effect the ordinance of excommunication has upon them, and renew their admonitions and friendly reproofs, if possible, to recover them.
t Maimon. Hilchot Rotzeach, c. 13. sect. 14.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother - This shows the true spirit in which discipline is to be administered in the Christian church. We are not to deal with a man as an adversary over whom we are to seek to gain a victory, but as an erring brother - a brother still, though he errs. There was necessity for this caution. There is great danger that when we undertake the work of discipline we shall forget that he who is the subject of it is a brother, and that we shall regard and treat him as an enemy. Such is human nature. We set ourselves in array against him. We cut him off as one who is unworthy to walk with us. We triumph over him, and consider him at once as an enemy of the church, and as having lost all claim to its sympathies. We abandon him to the tender mercies of a cold and unfeeling world, and let him take his course. Perhaps we follow him with anathemas, and hold him up as unworthy the confidence of mankind. Now all this is entirely unlike the method and aim of discipline as the New Testament requires. There all is kind, and gentle, though firm; the offender is a man and a brother still; he is to be followed with tender sympathy and prayer, and the hearts and the arms of the Christian brotherhood are to be open to receive him again when he gives any evidence of repenting.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 15. Count him not as an enemy — Consider him still more an enemy to himself than to you; and admonish him as a brother, though you have ceased to hold religious communion with him. His soul is still of infinite value; labour to get it saved.
