New King James Version
2 Thessalonians 3:14
14And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.
2 Thessalonians 3:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed.
Context of 2 Thessalonians 3:14
12Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. 13But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 16Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all.
Read all of 2 Thessalonians 32 Thessalonians 3:14 word by word
Εἰ δέ τις οὐχ ὑπακούει τῷ λόγῳ ἡμῶν διὰ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς, τοῦτον σημειοῦσθε μὴ συναναμίγνυσθαι αὐτῷ ἵνα ἐντραπῇ·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- ifεἰei · ifG1487
- any manτιςtis · oneG5100
- obeyὑπακούωhupakouō · to obeyG5219
- notοὐou · noG3756
- ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- wordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- this epistleἐπιστολήepistolē · epistleG1992
- noteσημειόωsēmeioō · to noteG4593
- that manοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- haveσυναναμίγνυμιsunanamignumi · to associate withG4874
- noμήmē · notG3361
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- he may be ashamedἐντρέπωentrepō · to cause shameG1788
Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 3:14
- Deuteronomy 16:12And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.
- Proverbs 5:13I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
- Zephaniah 3:2She has not obeyed His voice, She has not received correction; She has not trusted in the Lord, She has not drawn near to her God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:9For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
- 2 Corinthians 7:15And his affections are greater for you as he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.
- 2 Corinthians 10:6and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
- Philippians 2:12Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.
- Philemon 1:21Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
- Hebrews 13:17Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.
- Matthew 18:17And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.
- Romans 16:17Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.
- Numbers 12:14Then the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.”
- Ezra 9:6And I said: “O my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.
Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14If any man obey not - They had disobeyed his word in the first epistle, and the Church still continued to bear with them; now he tells the Church, if they still continue to disregard what is said to them, and particularly his word by this second epistle, they are to mark them as being totally incorrigible, and have no fellowship with them. Some construe the words with · Give me information of that man by a letter - let me hear of his continued obstinacy…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle - Margin, “or signify that man by an epistle.” According to the marginal reading this would mean “signify, mark out, or designate that man to me by an epistle.” The difference is merely whether we unite the words “by the epistle” with what goes before, or what follows. The Greek would admit of either construction (Winer, p. 93), but it seems to me that the construction in the text is the correct one…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-15Verses 6-15 Those who have received the gospel, are to live according to the gospel. Such as could work, and would not, were not to be maintained in idleness. Christianity is not to countenance slothfulness, which would consume what is meant to encourage the industrious, and to support the sick and afflicted. Industry in our callings as men, is a duty required by our calling as Christians. But some expected to be maintained in idleness, and indulged a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Paul hoped the Christians who disobeyed and were separated from the community would feel ashamed and ask God to forgive them (see study note on 3:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. note that man--mark him in your own mind as one to be avoided (2Th 3:6). that he may be ashamed--Greek, "made to turn and look into himself, and so be put to shame." Feeling himself shunned by godly brethren, he may become ashamed of his course.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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