knowing that such a one is perverted and sins, being self-condemned.
Parallel translations
- KJV Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
- BSB knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.
- NKJV knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned.
- NASB knowing that such a person has deviated from what is right and is sinning, being self-condemned.
- NLT For people like that have turned away from the truth, and their own sins condemn them.
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Quick answer
Such a person is warped and sinful, standing self-condemned. It matters because persistent, unrepentant divisiveness reveals a corrupted heart and justifies the church's action.
Overview
Paul explains why the divisive person is to be avoided: he is 'perverted,' sins knowingly, and condemns himself by rejecting repeated correction. The condemnation is not arbitrary but the result of his own stubborn choice. This protects the integrity of the discipline described in verse 10.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Heb 10:26For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
- Luke 19:22“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
- Matt 25:26–28“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.
- John 3:18He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
- Acts 15:24Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;
- Acts 13:46Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
- Rom 3:19Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
- Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
- Titus 1:11whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.
- 1 Tim 1:19–20holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;
- 2 Tim 2:14Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.
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