WHAT is “withdrawing”
WHAT is “withdrawing”?
|Mt. 18 |“as a Gentile and a tax-gatherer” |
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|Rom. 16 |“turn away from” nasb |
| |“keep away from” niv |
| |“avoid” kjv |
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|1 Cor. 5 |“removed from your midst” nasb |
| |“put out of your fellowship” niv |
| |“not to keep company with” nkjv |
| |“not to associate with” nasb |
| |“not even to eat with” |
| |“Remove … from among yourselves” |
| |Dt. 13:5; 17:7,12; 21:21; 22:21 |
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|2 Th. 3 |“keep aloof from” nasb |
| |“withdraw yourselves from” kjv |
| |“keep away from” niv |
| |“do not associate with” nasb |
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|2 Tim. 3 |“turn away” kjv |
| |“Have nothing to do with” niv |
| |“avoid” nasb |
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|Tit. 3 |“reject” nasb |
| |“have nothing to do with” niv |
| |“shun, avoid” th |
WHEN should we withdraw?
Mt. 18:15f – Three admonitions
2 Th. 3:6f; Tit 3:10f – Two admonitions
1 Co 5:1f – Now!
Which is it? After 3? 2? 15? Now? …
Common thread indicating a PATTERN?
Every case = Established IMPENITENCE
Mt. 18 – “refuses to listen”
1 Co. 5
• openly known
• “has” (pres.)
• compared to sinners in world
2 Th. 3
• “leads (pres.) an unruly life”
• “does not obey our instruction in this letter”
2 Tim. 3 – “have denied its power” (perf. part.)
Tit. 3 – “is perverted (perf.)…is sinning (pres.), being self-condemned (pres.)”
WHO is to be withdrawn from?
|Mt. 18 |Sin against brother |
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|Rom. 16 |“causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned” asv |
| |“slaves…of their own appetites… smooth and flattering speech they deceive” nasb |
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|1 Cor. 5 |Sexually immoral; fornicator kjv |
| |Covetous |
| |Idolater |
| |Reviler; slanderer niv [loidoros] (ex. Jn 9:28; Ac. 23:4) |
| |Drunkard |
| |Swindler, extortioner kjv |
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|2 Th. 3 |“leads an unruly life” (“walks disorderly” nkjv) and not according to apostolic tradition |
| |“will not work” |
| |“busybodies” |
|2 Tim. 3 |Lovers of self |
| |Lovers of money |
| |Boastful |
| |Arrogant; haughty asv; proud, nkjv |
| |Revilers; blasphemers kjv; abusive niv [blasphemos] |
| |Disobedient to parents |
| |Ungrateful |
| |Unholy |
| |Unloving; without natural affection, kjv; inhuman nrsv |
| |Irreconcilable; unforgiving nkjv |
| |Malicious gossips; false accusers kjv; slanderers nkjv |
| |Without self-control |
| |Brutal |
| |Haters of good; “opposed to goodness and good men” th |
| |Treacherous; traitors nkjv |
| |Reckless; headstrong niv; rash niv |
| |Conceited; haughty nkjv |
| |Lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God |
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|Tit. 3 |Factious; divisive man nkjv |
WHY is it to be done?
|Mt. 18 |“save that which was lost” |
| |“won your brother” |
| |“to gain anyone i.e. to win him over to the kingdom of God” th |
| |Compare 1 Pt. 3:1 (same word) |
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|Rom. 16 |“they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting” |
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|1 Cor. 5 |“that his spirit may be saved” |
| |“a little leaven leavens the whole lump” |
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|2 Th. 3 |“that he may be put to shame” nasb |
| |“that he may feel ashamed” niv |
| |Jer 3:3; 6:12,15; 1 Co 6:5; 11:17,22; 15:34 |
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|Tit. 3 |“knowing that such a man is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned” See Dt. 32:20 (LXX) |
Judging?
1 Co. 5:12-13; Jn. 7:24
• What they say – Lk. 19:22
• What they do – Lk. 3:8
Last Step? No!
2 Th. 3:15
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