2 Thessalonians 3:14 “Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given i…”

2 Thessalonians 3:14

Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

World English Bible

If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man and have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

American Standard Version

And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

Geneva Bible 1599

If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, and haue no company with him, that he may be ashamed:

Darby Translation

But if any one obey not our word by the letter, mark that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed of himself;

Young's Literal Translation

and if any one do not obey our word through the letter, this one note ye, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed,

Bible in Basic English

And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.

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Cross references

“obey”

1 Thessalonians 4:8 Proverbs 5:13 Zephaniah 3:2 Philemon 1:21 Deuteronomy 16:12 2 Corinthians 2:9

1 Thessalonians 4:8 · BSB

Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

Proverbs 5:13 · BSB

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

Zephaniah 3:2 · BSB

She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

Philemon 1:21 · BSB

Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

Deuteronomy 16:12 · BSB

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

2 Corinthians 2:9 · BSB

My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.

“by this epistle, note that man”

Titus 3:10 2 Thessalonians 3:6 1 Corinthians 5:11 Romans 16:17 1 Corinthians 5:9 Matthew 18:17

Titus 3:10 · BSB

Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,

2 Thessalonians 3:6 · 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 from us.

1 Corinthians 5:11 · BSB

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

Romans 16:17 · BSB

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.

1 Corinthians 5:9 · BSB

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

Matthew 18:17 · BSB

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

“that he”

Psalm 83:16 Jeremiah 6:15 Numbers 12:14 Ezekiel 16:61–63 Ezra 9:6 Jeremiah 3:3

Psalm 83:16 · BSB

Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

Jeremiah 6:15 · BSB

Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.

Numbers 12:14 · BSB

But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

Ezekiel 16:61–63 · BSB

Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

Ezra 9:6 · BSB

and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

Jeremiah 3:3 · BSB

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.

15Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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