2 Thessalonians 3: 13 - 15 > Dealing with the erring
| 2 Thessalonians 3: 13 - 15 ( King James Version ) |
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| But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing. |
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| verse 14 > 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. |
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| verse 15 > Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. |
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| 2 Thessalonians 3: 14 - 15 ( New International Version ) |
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| If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of him. Do not associate with him, in order that he may feel ashamed. |
| v. 15 > Yet do not regard him as the enemy, but warn him as a brother. |
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| Text Quoted in Spirit of Prophecy |
| The name of the Lord is to be glorified in the virtuous, honest, godly character of those who believe. If men walk humbly and prayerfully with God, co-operating with him in the work of salvation, righteousness will be the fruit they will bear. The apostle in his day regarded idleness as a sin, and those who indulge this evil today disgrace their profession, and bring reproach upon the gospel of Christ. Through their influence many are turned away from righteousness and truth. We are warned not to associate with those who by their course of action lay a stumbling-block in the way of others. “If any man obey not our word by this epistle,” the apostle Paul says, “note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.” If he refuses the admonitions of the Lord’s servants, he will bring ruin upon himself, and must bear his own sin. { RH March 13, 1900, par. 7 } |
| The work of the believers had been given them by God. By their faithful adherence to the truth they were to give to others the light which they had received. The apostle bade them not to become weary in well-doing, and pointed them to his own example of diligence in temporal matters while laboring with untiring zeal in the cause of Christ. He reproved those who had given themselves up to sloth and aimless excitement, and directed that “with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.” He also enjoined upon the church to separate from their fellowship anyone who should persist in disregarding the instruction given by God’s ministers. “Yet,” he added, “count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.” { AA 267.2} |
| Thus Paul put to naught the arguments of those who represented him as teaching that the day of Christ was at hand. He charged his brethren not to neglect their duties and resign themselves to idle waiting. After their glowing anticipations of immediate deliverance, the round of daily life and the opposition which they must expect to meet, would appear doubly forbidding. He therefore exhorted them to steadfastness in the faith. Their work had been appointed them of God; by their faithful adherence to the truth they were to communicate to others the light which they had received. He bade them not to become weary in well-doing, and pointed them to his own example of diligence in temporal matters while laboring with untiring zeal in the cause of Christ. He reproved those who had given themselves up to sloth and aimless excitement, and directed that “with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.” He also enjoined upon the church to separate from their fellowship any who should persist in disregarding his instructions. “Yet,” he added, “count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.” He concluded this epistle also with a prayer, that amid life’s toils and trials the peace of God and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ might be their consolation and support. { LP 117.2 } |
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| We should be warned not to associate with those who by their course of action lay a stumbling block in the way of others. “If any man obey not our word by this epistle,” the apostle says, “note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.” 2 Thess. 3: 14, 15 If he refuses the admonition of the Lord’s servants, and follows his own will and judgment under the inspiration of his leader, Satan, he will bring ruin upon himself, and must bear his own sin. { 7BC 912.2 } |
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| quotes for 2 Thessalonians 3: 13 |
| The influence of the prayer of faith is as far reaching as eternity. The Lord will bless all who will seek Him with the whole heart, and who with humble souls and earnest purpose strive to follow the example of Christ. To those who thus seek to become partakers of the divine nature, the words are spoken, “Be not weary in well doing” ( 2 Thessalonians 3:13 ). “Always abounding in the work of the Lord” ( 1 Corinthians 15:58 ). Let us beware lest self-sufficiency become mingled with our efforts to gain eternal life. { 1MR 261.2 } |
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| From eternity Christ has been man’s Redeemer. Ever since the Fall there has come to those uniting with Him in His great work the word: “Be not weary in well-doing.” 2 Thessalonians 3:13. Be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58. { 9T 220.2} |