2 Thessalonians 3:15
And, not as an enemy, be esteeming him, but be admonishing him, as a brother.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
In Context
16But may, the Lord of peace himself, give you peace, always, in every way. The Lord, be with you all.
Cross References
Psalms 141:5Let a righteous man smite me—a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head [which] let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.
Proverbs 25:12A ring of gold, and a vessel of precious metal, is a wise reprover, on a hearing ear.
1 Corinthians 4:14Not, to shame you, write I these things; but, as my beloved children, I admonish you.
2 Corinthians 2:6Sufficient, unto such a one, the punishment itself which [was inflicted] by the many;
2 Corinthians 13:10For this cause, these things, while absent, am I writing, that I may not, when present, deal sharply—according to the authority which, the Lord, hath given me, for building up and not for pulling down.
1 Thessalonians 5:14But we exhort you, brethren—admonish the disorderly, soothe them of little soul, help the weak, be longsuffering towards all:
Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 3:7-16
Cautions to the Disorderly. ( a. d. 52.) 6 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. 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9 Not because we have not power, but… Read the whole commentary →