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2 Thessalonians 3:15

2 Thessalonians 3:15
Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Yet count him not as an enemy,.... As an enemy of Christ, and the Christian religion, as the Jews and Pagans were; or as an enemy of all righteousness, as Elymas the sorcerer was; as one that has an…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother - This shows the true spirit in which discipline is to be administered in the Christian church. We are not to deal with a man as an…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Count him not as an enemy - Consider him still more an enemy to himself than to you; and admonish him as a brother, though you have ceased to hold religious communion with him. His soul is still of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

The apostle having commended their obedience for the time past, and mentioned his confidence in their obedience for the time to come, proceeds to give them commands and directions to some who were…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Yet counthim not as an enemy, but admonishhim as a brother Lit., And do not regard him as an enemy, &c. The R.V. retains "yet" in italics ("And yet"); but the contrast thus implied is not in St Paul's…