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When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin.

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I wrote to you in my letter not to associate(A) with sexually immoral people—

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11 Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.

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11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,(A) but rather expose them.

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14 Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed.

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14 Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them,(A) in order that they may feel ashamed.(B)

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An Exhortation to Proper Living

And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from all believers[a] who live idle lives and don’t follow the tradition they received[b] from us.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6a Greek from every brother.
  2. 3:6b Some manuscripts read you received.

Warning Against Idleness

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,(A) we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from(B) every believer who is idle and disruptive(C) and does not live according to the teaching[a] you received from us.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Or tradition

The Temple of the Living God

14 Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?

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Warning Against Idolatry

14 Do not be yoked together(A) with unbelievers.(B) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?(C)

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Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:7 Greek has been sacrificed.

Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.(A)

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You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.

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And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning(A) and have put out of your fellowship(B) the man who has been doing this?

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Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
    learn to use good judgment.”

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Leave your simple ways and you will live;(A)
    walk in the way of insight.”(B)

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Book one (Psalms 1–41)

Psalm 1

Oh, the joys of those who do not
    follow the advice of the wicked,
    or stand around with sinners,
    or join in with mockers.
But they delight in the law of the Lord,
    meditating on it day and night.

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BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

Blessed is the one(A)
    who does not walk(B) in step with the wicked(C)
or stand in the way(D) that sinners take(E)
    or sit(F) in the company of mockers,(G)
but whose delight(H) is in the law of the Lord,(I)
    and who meditates(J) on his law day and night.

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17 Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,
    and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.
Don’t touch their filthy things,
    and I will welcome you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:17 Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34 (Greek version).

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(A)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41