10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.(A)

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10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

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10 Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.(A)

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10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

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17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned.(A) Keep away from them.(B) 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(C) but their own appetites.(D) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(E) the minds of naive people.

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17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

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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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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.

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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

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

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having a form of godliness(A) but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.(B)

They are the kind who worm their way(C) into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,

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Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

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11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister[a](A) but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater(B) or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 5:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13.

11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

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But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you,(A) let them be under God’s curse!(B) As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted,(C) let them be under God’s curse!

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But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

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11 Anyone who welcomes them shares(A) in their wicked work.

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11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

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22 If anyone does not love the Lord,(A) let that person be cursed!(B) Come, Lord[a]!(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 16:22 The Greek for Come, Lord reproduces an Aramaic expression (Marana tha) used by early Christians.

22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

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May those who pass by not say to them,
    “The blessing of the Lord be on you;
    we bless you(A) in the name of the Lord.”

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Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.

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12 Then he prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham,(A) make me successful(B) today, and show kindness(C) to my master Abraham.

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12 And he said O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

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