2 Thessalonians 3:15
Good News Translation
But do not treat them as enemies; instead, warn them as believers.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not regard them as enemies, but warn them as believers.

Contemporary English Version
Don't consider them your enemies. Instead, speak kindly to them as you would to any other follower.

New American Bible
Do not regard him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Yet do not esteem him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Yet do not esteem him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother.

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Leviticus 19:17,18 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: But reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him. . . .

1 Corinthians 5:5 To deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:6-10 To him who is such a one, this rebuke is sufficient, which is given by many. . . .

2 Corinthians 10:8 For if also I should boast somewhat more of our power, which the Lord hath given us unto edification and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed.

2 Corinthians 13:10 Therefore I write these things, being absent, that, being present, I may not deal more severely, according to the power which the Lord hath given me unto edification and not unto destruction.

Galatians 6:1 Brethren, and if a man be overtaken in any fault, you, who are spiritual, instruct such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men.

Jude 1:22,23 And some indeed reprove, being judged: . . .

admonish.

Psalm 141:5 The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

Proverbs 9:9 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

Proverbs 25:12 As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.

Matthew 18:15 But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.

1 Corinthians 4:14 I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children.

Titus 3:10 A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid:

James 5:19,20 My brethren, if any of you err from the truth and one convert him: . . .

Context
Warning against Irresponsibility
14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15Yet do not esteem him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother. 16Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all.…
Cross References
Matthew 18:15
But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.

Galatians 6:1
Brethren, and if a man be overtaken in any fault, you, who are spiritual, instruct such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men.

2 Thessalonians 3:6
And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.

2 Thessalonians 3:13
But you, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

2 Thessalonians 3:14
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