Now we command y’all, siblings, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that y’all keep yourselves* away from any sibling who lives a disordered life not according to the tradition they received from us.
If anyone doesn’t obey our instruction in this letter, y’all take note of that person and don’t associate closely with them, so that they feel ashamed.
But now, I am writing to y’all not to associate with anyone who claims to be sibling but is sexually immoral or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Don’t even eat with such a person.
They wrote these things by their hand: “The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, To those in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia, who are siblings among the ethnic groups: Greetings.
Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not satisfied with this, he not only refuses to receive the siblings, he also forbids those who want to and throws them out of the church!