Ifanyonedoes not obeyour instructionin thisletter,take special noteof that personand do not associatewith him, sothat he will be put to shame.
and I said,"O my God,I am ashamedand embarrassedto liftup my faceto You, my God,for our iniquitieshave risenaboveour headsand our guilthas grownevento the heavens.
Filltheir faceswith dishonor,That they may seekYour name,O LORD.
"I have not listenedto the voiceof my teachers,Norinclinedmy earto my instructors!
"Therefore the showershave been withheld,And there has beennospringrain.Yet you hada harlot'sforehead;You refusedto be ashamed.
"Were they ashamedbecauseof the abominationthey have done?They were not evenashamedat all;They did not evenknowhow to blush.Thereforethey shall fallamong those who fall;At the timethat I punishthem, They shall be castdown,"saysthe LORD.
She heedednovoice,She acceptednoinstruction.She did not trustin the LORD,She did not drawnearto her God.
But the LORDsaidto Moses,"If her fatherhad but spitin her face,would she not bearher shamefor sevendays?Let her be shutup for sevendaysoutsidethe camp,and afterwardshe may be receivedagain."
"Ifhe refusesto listento them, tellit to the church;and ifhe refuses to listenevento the church,let him be to you as a Gentileand a tax collector.
NowI urgeyou, brethren,keep your eyeon thosewho causedissensionsand hindrancescontraryto the teachingwhichyou learned,and turn awayfrom them.
I do not writethese thingsto shameyou, but to admonishyou as my belovedchildren.
But actually,I wroteto you not to associatewith anyso-calledbrotherifhe is an immoral person,orcovetous,oran idolater,ora reviler,ora drunkard,ora swindler--not evento eatwith such a one.
I wroteyou in my letternot to associatewith immoral people;
and we are readyto punishalldisobedience,wheneveryour obedienceis complete.
For to thisend alsoI wrote,sothat I might putyou to the test,whetheryou are obedientin all things.
His affectionabounds all the moretowardyou, as he remembersthe obedienceof you all,howyou receivedhim with fearand trembling.
"You shall rememberthat you were a slavein Egypt,and you shall be carefulto observethesestatutes.
So then,my beloved,justas you have alwaysobeyed,not as in my presenceonly,but nowmuchmorein my absence,workout your salvationwith fearand trembling;
Whenthisletteris readamongyou, haveit alsoreadin the churchof the Laodiceans;and you, for your part readmy letter [that is coming] from Laodicea.
So,he who rejects[this] is not rejectingmanbut the Godwho givesHis HolySpiritto you.
Nowwe commandyou, brethren,in the nameof our LordJesusChrist,that you keep awayfrom everybrotherwho leadsan unrulylifeand not accordingto the traditionwhichyou receivedfrom us.
sound[in] speechwhich is beyond reproach,sothat the opponentwill be put to shame,havingnothingbadto sayaboutus.
Rejecta factiousmanaftera firstand secondwarning,
Having confidencein your obedience,I writeto you, since I knowthat you will doevenmore thanwhatI say.
Obeyyour leadersand submit[to them], for they keep watchoveryour soulsas those who will givean account.Let them dothiswith joyand not with grief,for thiswould be unprofitablefor you.
Ifanyonecomesto you and does not bringthisteaching,do not receivehim into [your] house,and do not givehim a greeting;
