10 (A)Reject a divisive man after the first and second [a]admonition,

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  1. Titus 3:10 warning

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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Avoid Divisive Persons

17 Now I urge you, brethren, note those (A)who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and (B)avoid them.

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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)

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10 If anyone comes to you and (A)does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him;

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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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14 And if anyone does not obey our word in this [a]epistle, note that person and (A)do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 letter

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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Dealing with a Sinning Brother

15 “Moreover (A)if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, (B)you have gained your brother. 16 But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that (C)‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ 17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a (D)heathen and a tax collector.

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Dealing With Sin in the Church

15 “If your brother or sister[a] sins,[b] go and point out their fault,(A) just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[c](B) 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church;(C) and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.(D)

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  1. Matthew 18:15 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verses 21 and 35.
  2. Matthew 18:15 Some manuscripts sins against you
  3. Matthew 18:16 Deut. 19:15

(A)having a form of godliness but (B)denying its power. And (C)from such people turn away!

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

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(A)I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent [a]I write to those (B)who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again (C)I will not spare—

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  1. 2 Corinthians 13:2 NU omits I write

I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent:(A) On my return I will not spare(B) those who sinned earlier(C) or any of the others,

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Warning Against Idleness

But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, (A)that you withdraw (B)from every brother who walks (C)disorderly and not according to the tradition which [a]he received from us.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 NU, M they

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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  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Or tradition

Destructive Doctrines

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.

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False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

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20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions

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12 (A)I could wish that those (B)who trouble you would even [a]cut themselves off!

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  1. Galatians 5:12 mutilate themselves

12 As for those agitators,(A) I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!

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19 For (A)there must also be factions among you, (B)that those who are approved may be [a]recognized among you.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 11:19 Lit. manifest, evident

19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.(A)

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In the (A)name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, (B)with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, (C)deliver such a one to (D)Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord [a]Jesus.

(E)Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that (F)a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore [b]purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed (G)Christ, our (H)Passover, was sacrificed [c]for us. Therefore (I)let us keep the feast, (J)not with old leaven, nor (K)with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Immorality Must Be Judged

I wrote to you in my epistle (L)not to [d]keep company with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go (M)out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company (N)with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—(O)not even to eat with such a person.

12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore (P)“put away from yourselves the evil person.”

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 NU omits Jesus
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:7 clean out
  3. 1 Corinthians 5:7 NU omits for us
  4. 1 Corinthians 5:9 associate

So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over(A) to Satan(B) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(C)

Your boasting is not good.(D) Don’t you know that a little yeast(E) leavens the whole batch of dough?(F) 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.(G) Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread(H) of sincerity and truth.

I wrote to you in my letter not to associate(I) with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the people of this world(J) who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister[c](K) but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater(L) or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.(M)

12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside(N) the church? Are you not to judge those inside?(O) 13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”[d](P)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body
  3. 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.
  4. 1 Corinthians 5:13 Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7