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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...
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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 adversa...
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III. THANKSGIVING, PRAYER,
EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter S 2:13-3:18
_ 1. Thanksgiving and prayer (2 Thessalonians 2:13)_
2. Prayer for the Word and for deliverance (2 Thessalonians 3:1)
3....
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THE REBUKE TO THE DISORDERLY. Under _the_ influence of the Parousia
Hope some Thessalonian Christians abandoned their ordinary occupations
and claimed the right to be supported by the Church. Paul poi...
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2 THESSALONIANS 3. FINAL COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS. The apostle (_a)_
asks for the prayers of the Thessalonian Christians on his own behalf
(2 Thessalonians 3:1); (_b_) warns them against dis orderly...
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A FINAL WORD (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5)...
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Brothers, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, keep
yourselves from every brother who behaves like a truant from duty and
who does not conduct himself in accordance with the teaching w...
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COUNT. reckon. Greek. _hegeomai._ See Philippians 1:2; Philippians
1:6....
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_Yet count_him _not as an enemy, but admonish_him _as a brother_ Lit.,
AND DO NOT REGARD HIM AS AN ENEMY, &c. The R.V. retains "yet" in
italics ("And _yet_"); but the contrast thus implied is not in S...
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Section V. Discipline for the Disorderly
Ch. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
In his former letter St Paul had found it needful to exhort his
readers to live a quiet life and to attend to their daily duties a...
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ΚΑῚ ΜῊ ὩΣ ἘΧΘΡῸΝ ἩΓΕΙ͂ΣΘΕ, ἈΛΛᾺ
ΝΟΥΘΕΤΕΙ͂ΤΕ ὩΣ�. _And do not regard_ (_him_) _as an
enemy, but admonish_ (_him_) _as a brother_. The R.V. retains the
intruded “yet” (after “and,” καί) of the A.V.; but...
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§ 5. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15. THE CASE OF THE IDLERS
This section contains the chief matter pointed to in ΤῸ
ΛΟΙΠΌΝ of 2 Thessalonians 3:1 (see note above). But the added
homily is no afterthought; it...
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ΉΓΕΊΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΉΓΈΟΜΑΙ (G2233)
считать, сводить баланс,
ΝΟΥΘΕΤΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΝΟΥΘΕΤΈΩ
(G3560) наставлять, исправлять (_см._ 1
Thessalonians 5:12)....
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TEXT (2 Thessalonians 3:14-15)
14 AND IF ANY MAN OBEYETH NOT OUR WORD BY THIS EPISTLE, NOTE THAT MAN,
THAT YE HAVE NO COMPANY WITH HIM, TO THE END THAT HE MAY BE ASHAMED.
15 AND YET COUNT HIM NOT AS...
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Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
ADMONISH HIM AS A BROTHER - not yet excommunicated (cf. ). Do not
shun him in contemptuous silence, but tell him why he is so avoided...
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EXHORTATIONS, REBUKES, AND BENEDICTION
2. Unreasonable] almost 'outrageous.' FAITH] better, 'the Faith.'...
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THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET
2 THE THESSALONIANS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 3
A REQUEST FOR PRAYER 3:1-2
V1 For the rest, *brothers and *sisters, please pray for us. Ask the
*Lord that he will use us...
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YET. — The original is simply _And,_ which is much more beautiful,
implying that this very withdrawal from brotherly intercourse was an
act of brotherly kindness.
AN ENEMY. — In the private, not the...
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CHAPTER 23
THE CHRISTIAN WORTH OF LABOUR
2 Thessalonians 3:6 (R.V.)
THIS passage is very similar in contents to one in the fourth chapter
of the First Epistle. The difference between the two is in t...
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Injunctions upon church-life and order....
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Disapproval, as a means of moral discipline, loses all its effect if
the offender does not realise its object and reason
(νουθετεῖτε), or if it is tainted with personal hostility.
ὡς ἀδελφόν. Compare...
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SEPARATE; INDUSTRIOUS; PERSEVERING
2 Thessalonians 3:6
From his high expectations of the Advent, the Apostle turns to the
prosaic commonplaces of daily toil. There was need for this, because
the expe...
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In conclusion the apostle urged them to pray for him that the
preaching of the Word in other places might be with power and victory.
He affirmed his confidence in them, and expressed his desire for th...
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ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE FAITHFUL
Despite the fact that some had been lazy, Paul encouraged Christians
to continue in all good works which were in accord with God's will. As
Lipscomb says, "Nothing disco...
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(14) Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
(14) We must avoid familiarity with the one who has been
excommunicated in such a way, that we diligently seek every occasion
an...
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Do not regard him as an enemy. A necessary introduction for those whom
Providence has placed over others, to admonish and correct them, but
with charity and peace; so that we neither be, nor give them...
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(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. (15) Yet count him not as...
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The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view
of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that
threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
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15_Regard him not as an enemy_. He immediately adds a softening of his
rigor; for, as he elsewhere commands, we must take care that the
offender be not _swallowed up with sorrow_, (2 Corinthians 2:7,)...
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There is nothing very particular in the apostle's exhortations. His
great concern was the explanation which we have been considering. He
prays that God and the Lord Jesus Himself, who had given them t...
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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
i...
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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.
15 Yet count _him_ not as an enemy, but admonish _him_ as a brother.
Ver. 15. _...
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_But ye, brethren_ Who are not guilty of these, and such like
miscarriages; _be not weary in well-doing_ In pursuing that line of
conduct which is reputable and useful, which brings glory to God, and...
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YET COUNT HIM NOT AS AN ENEMY, BUT ADMONISH HIM AS A BROTHER.
Instead of condoning the tendency toward loafing, toward disorderly
conduct, which was evident in the Thessalonian congregation, the
apost...
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The apostle once more urges church discipline:...
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As in the first epistle, so the apostle again asks for their prayers:
first for the positive blessing of the Word of God which thy
proclaimed that it might have free course to go forward and be
glorif...
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“AND YET COUNT HIM NOT AS AN ENEMY, BUT ADMONISH HIM AS. BROTHER”
“And yet”: The Bible is always quick to "check" us from falling
into extremes. “COUNT HIM NOT AS AN ENEMY”: Morris notes, “He is
eage...
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6-15 Those who have received the gospel, are to live according to the
gospel. Such as could work, and would not, were not to be maintained
in idleness. Christianity is not to countenance slothfulness...
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OLBGrk;
They having thus proceeded against the disorderly and disobedient, the
apostle directs them about their after-carriage, which either respects
their inward opinion of the mind, or outward actio...
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And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
[They were not to give him the complete estrangement of Matthew 18:17.
The purpose of discipline is to save (1 Corinthians 5:5). It is...
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Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
I am deeply grieved, therefore, brethren, for him (Valens) and his
wife; to whom may the Lord grant true repentance! And be ye then
moderate in regard to this m...
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2 Thessalonians 3:15. COUNT HIM NOT AS AN ENEMY. Though deprived, as
we say, of church privileges, and shut out from fellowship with the
members of the church, he was not to be counted hopeless. This...
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_Exhortations to Industry, and Directions regarding the Treatment of
Idle and Disorderly Persons._
In this concluding paragraph of his Epistle, Paul warns the
Thessalonians against neglecting their wo...
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NOT AS AN ENEMY
(μη ως εχθρον). This is always the problem in such ostracism
as discipline, however necessary it is at times. Few things in our
churches are more difficult of wise execution than th...
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2 Thessalonians 3:6
I. In this passage the Apostle teaches the Thessalonians that in
tranquillity, sedateness of heart and life, they are severally, not
only to work, but to do their own work, and so...
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2 Thessalonians 3:1. _Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of
the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with
you:_
A most important request. What can the ministers of th...
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CONTENTS: Paul's encouragements and exhortations to the Thessalonians.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: It is required of those who have professed Christianity,
that they live according to the p...
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2 Thessalonians 3:1. _Finally, brethren, pray for us._ This request is
of constant occurrence. Ephesians 6:18. Paul often ascribes his
preservation to the prayers of the saints. He solicits prayer tha...
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INSTEAD, WARN HIM AS A BROTHER. Punishment has a way of getting _out
of hand!_ The whole point of it, is not to _damn him to hell,_ but to
_save him in eternity!_...
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6 The Problem of Lazy
Christians. Paul instructs the Thessalonians to discipline those
refusing to work....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Thessalonians 3:14. HAVE NO COMPANY WITH HIM.—The difference
between this treatment of a delinquent and excommunication may be more
in idea than fact. He would feel...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—The apostle now comes to the conclusion of his Epistle. He
beseeches the Thessalonians for an interest in their prayers, that the
gospel may be rapidly diffused and glorified by n...
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Finally, brethren, pray for us (2 Thessalonians 3:1),
Now again Paul is calling for prayer for him. I think that maybe
sometimes we are guilty of not praying for those in spiritual
leadership feeling...
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1 Corinthians 4:14; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2
Corinthians 10:8;...
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Admonish [ν ο υ θ ε τ ε ι τ ε]. See on Acts 20:31, and
Ephesians 6:4....
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Admonish him as a brother — Tell him lovingly of the reason why you
shun him....