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Simplified Cowboy Version

2 Thessalonians 3:15

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Commandments;   Fellowship;   Fraternity;   Thompson Chain Reference - Admonition;   Commendation-Reproof;   Duty;   The Topic Concordance - Admonition;   Company;   Disobedience;   Enemies;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;   Reproof;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Excommunication;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Brother;   Church;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Discipline;   Wealth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Thessalonians, the Epistles to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Excommunication;   2 Thessalonians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Excommunication;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Admonition;   Brethren;   Brotherhood (2);   Care, Careful;   Thessalonians Epistles to the;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Excommunication;   Salvation;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yet don’t consider him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
King James Version (1611)
Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.
King James Version
Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
English Standard Version
Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
New American Standard Bible
And yet do not regard that person as an enemy, but admonish that one as a brother or sister.
New Century Version
But do not treat them as enemies. Warn them as fellow believers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Legacy Standard Bible
And yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Berean Standard Bible
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
Contemporary English Version
Don't consider them your enemies, but speak kindly to them as you would to any other follower.
Complete Jewish Bible
But don't consider him an enemy; on the contrary, confront him as a brother and try to help him change.
Darby Translation
and do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
Easy-to-Read Version
But don't treat them as enemies. Counsel them as fellow believers.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.
George Lamsa Translation
Yet do not consider him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Good News Translation
But do not treat them as enemies; instead, warn them as believers.
Lexham English Bible
And do not consider him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Literal Translation
But do not count him as one hostile, but warn him as a brother.
Amplified Bible
Do not regard him as an enemy, but keep admonishing him as a [believing] brother.
American Standard Version
And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Bible in Basic English
Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.
Hebrew Names Version
Don't count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
Yet, not as an enemy hold him, but admonish him as a brother.
Murdock Translation
Yet, hold him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yet count him not as an enemie, but warne hym as a brother.
English Revised Version
And [yet] count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
World English Bible
Don't count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Weymouth's New Testament
And yet do not regard him as an enemy, but caution him as a brother.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and nyle ye gesse hym as an enemye, but repreue ye hym as a brother. And God hym silf of pees yyue to you euerlastinge pees in al place.
Update Bible Version
And [yet] do not count as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
New English Translation
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
New King James Version
Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
New Living Translation
Don't think of them as enemies, but warn them as you would a brother or sister.
New Life Bible
Do not think of him as one who hates you. But talk to him as a Christian brother.
New Revised Standard
Do not regard them as enemies, but warn them as believers.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, not as an enemy, be esteeming him, but be admonishing him, as a brother.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Yet do not esteem him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother.
Revised Standard Version
Do not look on him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And count him not as an enemy: but warne him as a brother.
Young's Literal Translation
and as an enemy count [him] not, but admonish ye [him] as a brother;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yet counte him not as an enemye, but warne him as a brother.
Mace New Testament (1729)
however, don't treat him as an enemy, but reprove him as a brother.

Contextual Overview

6We aren't asking, we are telling you to steer clear of every believer who is either lazy or causes problems. If they don't do the job we gave all of you, ride off and don't look back. 7Y'all know the way we taught y'all . . . so do it. We weren't lazy when we were with you, 8nor did we eat anyone's grub without earning it. We worked night and day so we wouldn't be a burden on anyone. 9It wasn't that we didn't have the right to accept such things, but we worked hard so y'all would see us walking the walk, not just talking the talk. 10Y'all even heard us say, "If you ain't willing to work, then you must be willing to have an empty stomach." 11We've heard some of you have become lazy and since you didn't have anything better to do, you've started causing problems within the crew. 12In the name of the Lord, we're telling you to get off your butts and earn the food you eat. 13For the rest of y'all who are busting your butts day in and day out, don't ever get tired of doing the right thing, no matter how hard it is. 14Pay attention to those who roll their eyes at what we have to say in this letter. They've made their choice not to be a part of your crew so treat 'em as such. I hope they do feel ashamed and left out. 15I'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.

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

Matthew 1:23
"A gal that's never been with a man will have her a child and call him Emmanuel"—which is a fancy way of sayin', "God's with us."
Matthew 1:25
But he didn't never go to her bed like a husband would usually do until after Jesus was born.
Matthew 3:7
When John saw the real religious folks ride over the hill followed by a bunch of no-account politicians, he hollered at them, "You den of rattlesnakes! Who told you to ride as fast as you could from the comin' anger?
Matthew 12:34
Y'all know-it-alls are a den of snakes! How can a snake tell someone what is good? Whatever is in your heart will spill up and out of your mouth.
Matthew 13:38
The pasture where the cattle lived is like this old world we're living in right now. The pure-bred calves are like the cowboys who live for the Boss. The cull calves are people who follow the Counterfeit.
Matthew 23:33
You're all coyotes! You're the bastard sons of coyotes! How are you gonna escape the truck that leads to the slaughterhouse?
Mark 16:18
They will pick up snakes without being bitten and even have poison given to them without it killing 'em. They will place their hands on people and heal them."
Luke 1:76
And listen, my little child, you will be called a prophet of the Boss. You will blaze a trail for the Top Hand.
Luke 10:19
But listen close, I have given you authority over all the powers of darkness. You can even trample over snakes and scorpions without injury.
Luke 22:53
I taught right beside you in the church courtyard, and you did nothing. I know why, though. This is your time and place because your hearts are as dark as night."

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.


 
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