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OET (OET-RV) Brothers and sisters, we are instructing you all to avoid those who are only lazily living out their faith and not according to the practices that they were taught by us.

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

ULT Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you to keep away from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the traditions which you received from us.

UST Our fellow believers, accept what we say now as if our Lord Jesus the Messiah himself were saying this: we command you to stop associating with every fellow believer who is lazy and refuses to work. These people are not living in the way that Jesus taught us and that we in turn have taught you.

BSB § Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received [fn] from us.

BLB Now we warn you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you are to withdraw from every brother walking idly and not according to the tradition that you received from us.

AICNT We instruct you, brothers, in the name of {our}[fn] Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who is living in disorder and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

3:6, our: NA28[] SBLGNT THGNT BYZ TR ‖ Some manuscripts read “the.” B(03) D(05)

OEB ¶ We beg you, friends, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any follower who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.

WEBBE Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion and not after the tradition which they received from us.

WMBB Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion and not after the tradition which they received from us.

NET But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

LSV And we command you, brothers, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not after the tradition that you received from us,

FBV Now we want to tell you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, not to associate with any believer who can't be bothered to work for their living—those who don't follow the teachings they learned from us.

TCNT Now we command you, brothers, in the name of [fn]our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks in idleness and does not live according to the teaching we passed on to [fn]them.

3:6 our ¦ the WH

3:6 them ¦ him TR ¦ you WH

T4T Our fellow believers, we command you, with the authority [MTY] that our Lord Jesus Christ has given to us, that you stop associating with every fellow believer who is lazy and refuses to work. That is, you must stay away from those who are not conducting their lives in the manner that we taught you.

LEB But we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who lives irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

BBE Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.

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Wymth But, by the authority of the Lord, we command you, brethren, to stand aloof from every brother whose life is disorderly and not in accordance with the teaching which all received from us.

ASV 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 they received of us.

DRA 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.

YLT And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

Drby Now we enjoin you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the instruction which he received from us.

RV 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 they received of us.

Wbstr 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 from us.

KJB-1769 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.
(Now we command you, brethren/brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye/you_all withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. )

KJB-1611 Now we command you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdraw your selues from euery brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which hee receiued of vs.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps We commaunde you brethren in the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the institution whiche he receaued of vs.
(We command you brethren/brothers in the name of our Lord Yesus/Yeshua Christ, that ye/you_all withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the institution which he received of us.)

Gnva We warne you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which hee receiued of vs.
(We warne you, brethren/brothers, in the Name of our Lord Yesus/Yeshua Christ, that ye/you_all withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which he received of us. )

Cvdl But we requyre you brethren, in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe youre selues from euery brother that walketh inordinatly, and not after the institucion which he receaued of vs.
(But we requyre you brethren/brothers, in the name of our LORD Yesus/Yeshua Christ, that ye/you_all withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh inordinatly, and not after the institucion which he received of us.)

TNT We requyre you brethren in the name of oure lorde Iesu Christ that ye with drawe youre selves from every brother that walketh inordinatly and not after the institucion which ye receaved of vs.
(We requyre you brethren/brothers in the name of our lord Yesu Christ that ye/you_all with drawe your(pl) selves from every brother that walketh inordinatly and not after the institucion which ye/you_all received of us. )

Wycl But, britheren, we denouncen to you in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that ye withdrawe you from ech brother that wandrith out of ordre, and not aftir the techyng, that thei resseyueden of vs.
(But, brethren/brothers, we denouncen to you in the name of our Lord Yhesu Christ, that ye/you_all withdraw you from each brother that wandrith out of ordre, and not after the teaching, that they received of us.)

Luth Wir gebieten euch aber, liebe Brüder, in dem Namen unsers HErr’s JEsu Christi, daß ihr euch entziehet von jedem Bruder, der da unordentlich wandelt und nicht nach der Satzung, die er von uns empfangen hat.
(We gebieten you but, liebe brothers, in to_him name(s) unsers LORD’s YEsu Christi, that you/their/her you entziehet from jedem brother, the/of_the there unordentlich wandelt and not after the/of_the Satzung, the he from us/to_us/ourselves empfangen has.)

ClVg Denuntiamus autem vobis, fratres, in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi, ut subtrahatis vos ab omni fratre ambulante inordinate, et non secundum traditionem, quam acceperunt a nobis.[fn]
(Denuntiamus however vobis, brothers, in nomine Master our Yesu of_Christ, as subtrahatis you away all fratre ambulante inordinate, and not/no after/second traditionem, how acceperunt from nobis. )

3.6 Denuntiamus. De curiosis incipit et otiosis, monens bonos ut eos corripiant.

3.6 Denuntiamus. De curiosis incipit and otiosis, monens bonos as them corripiant.

UGNT παραγγέλλομεν δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, στέλλεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀδελφοῦ ἀτάκτως περιπατοῦντος, καὶ μὴ κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ἣν παρελάβοσαν παρ’ ἡμῶν.
(parangellomen de humin, adelfoi, en onomati tou Kuriou haʸmōn, Yaʸsou Ⱪristou, stellesthai humas apo pantos adelfou ataktōs peripatountos, kai maʸ kata taʸn paradosin haʸn parelabosan par’ haʸmōn.)

SBL-GNT Παραγγέλλομεν δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ⸀ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ στέλλεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀδελφοῦ ἀτάκτως περιπατοῦντος καὶ μὴ κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ἣν ⸀παρελάβοσαν παρʼ ἡμῶν.
(Parangellomen de humin, adelfoi, en onomati tou kuriou ⸀haʸmōn Yaʸsou Ⱪristou stellesthai humas apo pantos adelfou ataktōs peripatountos kai maʸ kata taʸn paradosin haʸn ⸀parelabosan parʼ haʸmōn.)

TC-GNT Παραγγέλλομεν δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου [fn]ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, στέλλεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀδελφοῦ ἀτάκτως περιπατοῦντος, καὶ μὴ κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ἣν [fn]παρέλαβον παρ᾽ ἡμῶν.
(Parangellomen de humin, adelfoi, en onomati tou Kuriou haʸmōn Yaʸsou Ⱪristou, stellesthai humas apo pantos adelfou ataktōs peripatountos, kai maʸ kata taʸn paradosin haʸn parelabon par haʸmōn. )

3:6 ημων ¦ — WH

3:6 παρελαβον ¦ παρελαβε TR ¦ παρελαβοσαν NA SBL TH ¦ παρελαβετε WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: headings

General Information:

In verses 6–15, Paul gives the believers some final instructions about working and not being idle. A heading for this section might be, “Believers Must Work.”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

The word translated Now marks a change in topic. You can use a natural way in your language to show that this is a new section with a different topic than the previous section.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀδελφοί & ἀδελφοῦ

brothers & brother

Here, the words brothers and brother refer to fellow Christians, including both men and women. Alternate translation: [brothers and sisters … brother or sister]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

in /the/_name ˱of˲_the Lord ˱of˲_us Jesus Christ

Here, name stands for the person of Jesus Christ. It can also mean “with the authority of.” If using this term is not clear in your language, you could express it directly. Alternate translation: [as if our Lord Jesus Christ himself were speaking] or [with the authority that our Lord Jesus Christ has given us]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμῶν

˱of˲_us

Here, our refers to all believers. If you have exclusive and inclusive first-person plural pronouns in your language, this should be an inclusive pronoun.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀτάκτως περιπατοῦντος

lazily walking

Here Paul speaks of people who are not living well as if they walk in a haphazard manner. If your readers would not understand this metaphor, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning in a nonfigurative way. Alternate translation: [who is living in a bad way] or [who is not living correctly]

τὴν παράδοσιν

the tradition

Here, the traditions refers to the teachings that the apostles received from Jesus and are passing along to all believers. Alternate translation: [the teachings] or [the instructions]

Parallel 2TH 3:6

General Information: