13 [a]And ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

14 [b]If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, and have no [c]company with him, [d]that he may be ashamed.

15 [e]Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:13 We must take heed that some men’s unworthiness cause us not to be slacker in well doing.
  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 Excommunication is a punishment for the obstinate.
  3. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 We must have no familiarity nor fellowship with the excommunicate.
  4. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 The end of the excommunication is not the destruction, but the salvation of the sinner, that at least through shame he may be driven in repentance.
  5. 2 Thessalonians 3:15 We must so eschew familiarity with the excommunicate, that we diligently seek all occasions and means that may be to bring them again into the right way.

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