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WHO is to be withdrawn from?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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