Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
2 Thessalonians 3:15 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not regard him as an enemy, but simply admonish and warn him as [being still] a brother. American Standard Version (1901) And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Common English Bible Don’t treat them like enemies, but warn them like you would do for a brother or sister. Catholic Public Domain Version But do not be willing to consider him as an enemy; instead, correct him as a brother. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yet do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. |
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
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.
A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject;