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2 Thessalonians 3:15

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

KJV

καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐχθρὸν ἡγεῖσθε, ἀλλὰ νουθετεῖτε ὡς ἀδελφόν.

Greek NT

et nolite quasi inimicum existimare, sed corripite ut fratrem.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
νουθετέω
noutheteo
verb · 8×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐχθρός
echthros
adjective · 32×
ἡγέομαι
egeomai
verb · 28×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:14 — I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
  • 1Cor 5:5 — To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • 1Thess 5:14 — Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
  • 1Tim 1:20 — Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
  • 2Cor 13:10 — Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
  • Col 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • Gal 6:1 — Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
  • Gal 6:1 — Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
  • Matt 18:15 — Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
  • Matt 18:15 — Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
  • Prov 9:9 — Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
  • Prov 25:12 — As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
  • Titus 3:10 — A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;