2 Thessalonians 3:15 Cross References - WNT

¹⁵ And yet do not regard him as an enemy, but caution him as a brother.

¹⁵ "If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point out his fault to him when only you and he are there. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

¹⁴ I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children.

⁵ I have handed over such a man to Satan for the destruction of his body, that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord Jesus.

⁶ In the case of such a person the punishment which was inflicted by the majority of you is enough. ⁷ So that you may now take the opposite course, and forgive him rather and comfort him, for fear he should perhaps be driven to despair by his excess of grief. ⁸ I beg you therefore fully to reinstate him in your love. ⁹ For in writing to you I have also this object in view--to discover by experience whether you are prepared to be obedient in every respect. ¹⁰ When you forgive a man an offence I also forgive it; for in fact what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has always been for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

⁸ If, however, I were to boast more loudly of our Apostolic authority, which the Lord has given us that we may build you up, not pull you down, I should have no reason to feel ashamed.

¹⁰ For this reason I write thus while absent, that when present I may not have to act severely in the exercise of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for pulling down.

¹ Brethren, if anybody be detected in any misconduct, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in a spirit of meekness. And let each of you keep watch over himself, lest he also fall into temptation.

¹⁴ And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the timid, sustain the weak, and be patient towards all.

¹⁰ After a first and second admonition, have nothing further to do with any one who will not be taught;

¹⁹ My brethren, if one of you strays from the truth and some one brings him back, ²⁰ let him know that he who brings a sinner back from his evil ways will save the man's soul from death and throw a veil over a multitude of sins.

²² Some, when they argue with you, you must endeavor to convince; ²³ others you must try to save, as brands plucked from the flames; and on others look with pity mingled with fear, while you hate every trace of their sin.