2 TH 3:15 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST Do not think of him as though he were your enemy; instead, warn him as you would warn your other fellow believers.

AICNT Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

OEB Yet do not think of them as an enemy, but caution them as you would a brother or sister.

WEBBE Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

LSV and do not count as an enemy, but admonish as a brother;

FBV Don't consider them enemies, but warn them as a brother or sister.

TCNT Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

T4T Do not think of him as though he was your enemy; instead, warn him as you would warn your other fellow believers.

LEB And do not consider him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

BBE Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.

Moff You are not to treat him as an enemy, but to put him under discipline, as a brother.

Wymth And yet do not regard him as an enemy, but caution him as a brother.

ASV And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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

YLT and as an enemy count [him] not, but admonish ye [him] as a brother;

Drby and do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.

RV And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

SLT And deem not as an enemy, but remind as a brother.

Wbstr Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

KJB-1769 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

KJB-1611 Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Yet count him not as an enemie, but warne hym as a brother.
(Yet count him not as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.)

Gnva Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.
(Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. )

Cvdl Yet counte him not as an enemye, but warne him as a brother.
(Yet count him not as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.)

TNT And count him not as an enemy: but warne him as a brother.
(And count him not as an enemy: but warn him as a brother. )

Wycl and nyle ye gesse hym as an enemye, but repreue ye hym as a brother. And God hym silf of pees yyue to you euerlastinge pees in al place.
(and won’t ye/you_all gesse him as an enemy, but reprove ye/you_all him as a brother. And God himself of peace give to you everlasting peace in all place.)

Luth Doch haltet ihn nicht als einen Feind, sondern vermahnet ihn als einen Bruder.
(But hold/keep him/it not as a enemy, rather vermahnet him/it as a brother.)

ClVg et nolite quasi inimicum existimare, sed corripite ut fratrem.
(and don't as_if enemy existimare, but reprimandse as brother. )

UGNT καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐχθρὸν ἡγεῖσθε, ἀλλὰ νουθετεῖτε ὡς ἀδελφόν.
(kai maʸ hōs eⱪthron haʸgeisthe, alla noutheteite hōs adelfon.)

SBL-GNT καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐχθρὸν ἡγεῖσθε, ἀλλὰ νουθετεῖτε ὡς ἀδελφόν.
(kai maʸ hōs eⱪthron haʸgeisthe, alla noutheteite hōs adelfon.)

RP-GNT καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐχθρὸν ἡγεῖσθε, ἀλλὰ νουθετεῖτε ὡς ἀδελφόν.
(kai maʸ hōs eⱪthron haʸgeisthe, alla noutheteite hōs adelfon.)

TC-GNT καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐχθρὸν ἡγεῖσθε, ἀλλὰ νουθετεῖτε ὡς ἀδελφόν.
(kai maʸ hōs eⱪthron haʸgeisthe, alla noutheteite hōs adelfon. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:6–15: Paul warned those among the Thessalonian believers who were lazy and told them that they should work

It seems that there were some believers in Thessalonica who had stopped working. This was probably because they thought the Lord Jesus was going to come back soon or that the Lord Jesus had already come back (see 2 Thessalonians 2:2). Therefore they had decided that there was no point in continuing to work. Paul warned people not to behave in this way. He reminded them how he and his companions had worked for their food when they stayed at Thessalonica so that they would not burden the other believers there. They did this in order to be a good example for the Thessalonians to follow, even though as apostles they had the right to be supported. Paul had already mentioned those who would not work in 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12 and 5:14. But it seems that that warning had not had any effect.

Paragraph 3:14–15

Paul told the rest of the believers to avoid anyone who refused to obey his instruction not to be lazy. In this way he hoped to cause these lazy believers to change their ways. But he warned the Thessalonians not to treat these people as enemies.

3:15a

Yet do not regard him as an enemy,

However, do not treat that person as if he were your enemy.

Yet: Although the Thessalonians were to obey the command in 3:14b–c, they were not to do so in a harsh way that would perhaps make the person leave the fellowship.

do not regard him as an enemy: Although the believers were not to associate with this person, they were not to consider him as if he were an enemy who was against them.

3:15b

but warn him as a brother.

Instead, correct him as you would correct your brother.
Instead, warn him that he must start working as you warn any other brother.

but: In 3:15a, Paul told the Thessalonians how they should not behave toward a disobedient believer. In this part of the verse he gave a contrast and told them how they should behave.

warn him as a brother: The Greek verb noutheteō, which the BSB translates as warn, is the same verb that Paul used in 1 Thessalonians 5:14a. You should also use the same verb here as you did in 1 Thessalonians 5:14a. Paul was giving the same command here as he had already given in his first letter.

as a brother: By using this expression, Paul was emphasizing that this person was still a believer, still part of God’s family. He was certainly not an “enemy,” and so the Thessalonians should not treat him as one.

Parallel 2 TH 3:15

Section 3:6–15: Paul warned those among the Thessalonian believers who were lazy and told them that they should work

Paragraph 3:14–15

3:15a

3:15b

Parallel 2 TH 3:15