13 [a]And ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

14 [b]If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, and have no [c]company with him, [d]that he may be ashamed.

15 [e]Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:13 We must take heed that some men’s unworthiness cause us not to be slacker in well doing.
  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 Excommunication is a punishment for the obstinate.
  3. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 We must have no familiarity nor fellowship with the excommunicate.
  4. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 The end of the excommunication is not the destruction, but the salvation of the sinner, that at least through shame he may be driven in repentance.
  5. 2 Thessalonians 3:15 We must so eschew familiarity with the excommunicate, that we diligently seek all occasions and means that may be to bring them again into the right way.

13 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.(A)

14 Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them,(B) in order that they may feel ashamed.(C) 15 Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.(D)

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