2 Thessalonians 3:15
New International Version
Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.

New Living Translation
Don’t think of them as enemies, but warn them as you would a brother or sister.

English Standard Version
Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

Berean Standard Bible
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

Berean Literal Bible
And yet do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

King James Bible
Yet count him not 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 American Standard Bible
And yet do not regard that person as an enemy, but admonish that one as a brother or sister.

NASB 1995
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

NASB 1977
And 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.

Amplified Bible
Do not regard him as an enemy, but keep admonishing him as a [believing] brother.

Christian Standard Bible
Yet don’t consider him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet don’t treat him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

American Standard Version
And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And do not hold him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Contemporary English Version
Don't consider them your enemies. Instead, speak kindly to them as you would to any other follower.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Yet do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

English Revised Version
And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Yet, don't treat them like enemies, but instruct them like brothers and sisters.

Good News Translation
But do not treat them as enemies; instead, warn them as believers.

International Standard Version
Yet, don't treat him like an enemy, but warn him like a brother.

Literal Standard Version
and do not count as an enemy, but admonish as a brother;

Majority Standard Bible
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

New American Bible
Do not regard him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother.

NET Bible
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not regard them as enemies, but warn them as believers.

New Heart English Bible
Do not count him 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.

Weymouth New Testament
And yet do not regard him as an enemy, but caution him as a brother.

World English Bible
Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Young's Literal Translation
and as an enemy count him not, but admonish ye him as a brother;

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Context
Warning against Irresponsibility
14Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed. 15Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother. 16Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.…

Cross References
Matthew 18:15
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.

2 Thessalonians 3:13
But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.


Treasury of Scripture

Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

count.

Leviticus 19:17,18
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him…

1 Corinthians 5:5
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 2:6-10
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many…

admonish.

Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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2 Thessalonians 3
1. Paul craves their prayers for himself;
3. testifies what confidence he has in them;
5. makes request to God in their behalf;
6. gives them various precepts, especially to shun idleness, and ill company;
16. and then concludes with prayer and salutation.














(15) 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 public, sense. "Do not think of him as one with whom you must be at feud, to be thwarted and humbled on every occasion." St. Chrysostom exclaims, "How soon the father's-heart breaks down!"

Admonish him as a brother.--How was this to be done without "having company" with him? Perhaps the presbyters, to whom the work of "admonishing," or "warning," specially belonged (see 1Thessalonians 5:12; 1Thessalonians 5:14), were to visit them in private with that object. Or possibly, the admonition was to consist in the act of separation, and not in verbal reproof at all.

Verse 15. - Yet; or as it is in the original, and; a purely connective particle. Count him not as an enemy; an entire outcast. But admonish him as a brother; a Christian brother. No hostile feeling was to be united with this avoidance of intercourse with the erring, but rather loving admonition, inasmuch as he was still a Christian brother.

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Greek
Yet
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

{do} not
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

regard [him]
ἡγεῖσθε (hēgeisthe)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2233: (a) To lead, (b) To think, be of opinion, suppose, consider.

as
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

an enemy,
ἐχθρὸν (echthron)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2190: Hated, hostile; subst: an enemy. From a primary echtho; hateful; usually as a noun, an adversary.

but
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

warn [him]
νουθετεῖτε (noutheteite)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 3560: To admonish, warn, counsel, exhort. From the same as nouthesia; to put in mind, i.e. to caution or reprove gently.

as
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

a brother.
ἀδελφόν (adelphon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.


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