2 Thessalonians 3:14

If anyone refuses to obey this letter, the church should mark that person and withhold fellowship so he feels shame and repents. Discipline aims at restorative shame, not rejection.

Cross-references · 25

• Titus 3:10Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
• 1 Cor 5:11But 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.
• 2 Th 3:6Now 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.
• Ps 83:16Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
• 1 Th 4:8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
• Jer 6:15Are 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.
• Prov 5:13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
• Phlm 1:21Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
• Rom 16:17Now 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 Cor 5:9I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
• Zeph 3:2She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
• 2 Cor 10:6And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
• Deut 16:12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
• Ezek 16:61–63Then 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.
• 2 Cor 2:9My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
• Num 12:14But 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.”
• Matt 18:17If 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.
• 2 Cor 7:15And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
• Luke 15:18–21I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
• Heb 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
• Ezek 36:31–32Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
• Ezra 9:6and 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.
• Jer 3:3Therefore 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.
• Jer 31:18–20I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
• Phil 2:12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

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