2 Thessalonians 3:6 Cross References - Goodspeed

⁶ We charge you, brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives in idleness, instead of following the teaching you received from us.

¹⁷ If he refuses to listen to them, tell the congregation. And if he refuses to listen to it, treat him as a heathen or a tax-collector.

¹⁷ I beg you, brothers, to be on the watch for those who introduce divisions and difficulties, in opposition to the instruction that you were given, and to avoid them.

⁴ and meeting with you, in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, by the authority of our Lord Jesus

¹¹ What I meant was that you are not to associate with anyone who is supposed to be a Christian brother, and yet is immoral or greedy or idolatrous or abusive or drunken or grasping—with such a person you must not even eat. ¹² For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not your part to judge those who are inside the church, ¹³ and God's, to judge those who are outside? You must drive the wrongdoer out from among you.

² I appreciate your always remembering me, and your standing by the things I passed on to you, just as you received them.

¹⁰ When you forgive a man, I forgive him too. For anything I had to forgive has been forgiven on your account, and as in the very presence of Christ,

¹⁷ So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.

¹⁷ And whatever you have to say or do, do it all as followers of the Lord Jesus, and offer your thanksgiving to God the Father through him.

¹ Now, brothers, we ask and entreat you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, to live as you learned from us that you must live, to please God—as indeed you are doing, only do it more and more.

¹¹ in striving to live quietly and mind your own affairs, and work with your hands, as we directed you,

¹⁴ We beg you, brothers, warn the idlers, cheer up the despondent, keep hold of the weak, be patient with everybody.

¹⁵ So stand firm, brothers, and hold fast to the instructions you have received from us, whether by letter or by word of mouth.

⁷ For you know yourselves what you must do to follow my example, for I was not idle when I was with you;

¹⁰ When I was with you, I gave you this rule: "If anyone refuses to work, give him nothing to eat!" ¹¹ For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work.

¹⁴ If anyone refuses to obey what we have said in this letter, mark the man and do not have anything to do with him, to make him feel ashamed. ¹⁵ Do not look upon him as an enemy but warn him as a brother.

²¹ I charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels to observe these rules without any discrimination, and to be perfectly impartial.

⁵ and mutual irritation between people of depraved minds, who are lost to the truth and think of religion only as a means of gain.

¹³ Before God who maintains all life, and before Christ Jesus who in testifying before Pontius Pilate made his great profession, I charge you ¹⁴ to keep his command stainless and irreproachable until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁵ keeping up the forms of religion, but resisting its influence. Avoid such people.

¹ I charge you in the sight of God and Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,

¹⁵ Be careful that no one fails to gain God's favor, or some poisonous root may come up to trouble and contaminate you all— ¹⁶ some immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his very birthright for one single meal.

¹⁰ So if I come, I will bring up the things that he is doing, and how he is maliciously accusing me. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, and he is interfering with those who want to do so, and has them put out of the church. ¹¹ Dear friend, do not follow bad examples, but good ones. The man who does right is a child of God; the man who does wrong has never seen God.