knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.
Parallel translations
- WEB knowing that such a one is perverted and sins, being self-condemned.
- KJV Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
- 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
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- Heb 10:26If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
- Luke 19:22His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
- Matt 25:26–28‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
- John 3:18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- Acts 15:24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
- Rom 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
- Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
- 1 Tim 1:19–20holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
- 2 Tim 2:14Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
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