Excommunication

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! -- — read the full passage →

A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

`And if he may not hear them, say <FI>it<Fi> to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I did deliver to the Adversary, that they might be instructed not to speak evil.

And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all; — read the full passage →

and if any one do not obey our word through the letter, this one note ye, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

and I will give to thee the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.'

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! --

if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, `Hail!'

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

and those without God doth judge; and put ye away the evil from among yourselves.

Still, however, also out of the rulers did many believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue,

I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them--Diotrephes--doth not receive us; — read the full passage →

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed--Christ,

and if any one do not obey our word through the letter, this one note ye, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed, — read the full passage →

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ--ye being gathered together, also my spirit--with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake--

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

and unto the opening of the tent of meeting hath not brought it in to bring near an offering to Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood is reckoned to that man--blood he hath shed--and that man hath been cut off from the midst of his people;

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, <FI>Is<Fi> the righteous falling before the wicked.

These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him--Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;

but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you--anathema let him be! — read the full passage →

because of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he doth, with evil words prating against us; and not content with these, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those intending he doth forbid, and out of the assembly he doth cast.

`Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

if any one doth not love the Lord Jesus Christ--let him be anathema! The Lord hath come!

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

also we--we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

And they cause a voice to pass over into Judah and Jerusalem, to all sons of the removal, to be gathered to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

all the days that the plague <FI>is<Fi> in him he is unclean; he <FI>is<Fi> unclean, alone he doth dwell, at the outside of the camp <FI>is<Fi> his dwelling.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `And her father had but spat in her face--is she not ashamed seven days? she is shut out seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterwards she is gathered.'

`No devoted thing, which is devoted of man, is ransomed, it is surely put to death.

and ye have kept the sabbath, for it <FI>is<Fi> holy to you, he who is polluting it is certainly put to death--for any who doeth work in it--that person hath even been cut off from the midst of his people.

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;' — read the full passage →

and Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, did expire, and great fear came upon all who heard these things,

and when that which is perfect may come, then that which <FI>is<Fi> in part shall become useless.

because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

for I indeed, as being absent as to the body, and present as to the spirit, have already judged, as being present, him who so wrought this thing:

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil, — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and ye are having been puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he may be removed out of the midst of you who did this work,

for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge?

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us, — read the full passage →

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together; — read the full passage →

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! -- — read the full passage →

for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ--for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,

and now, lo, a hand of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead <FI>him<Fi> by the hand;

And Peter said unto him, `Thy silver with thee--may it be to destruction! because the gift of God thou didst think to possess through money;

And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

but to us did God reveal <FI>them<Fi> through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God,

but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him--'

which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;

And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age--of those becoming useless,

Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back, — read the full passage →

for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from--for they are unprofitable and vain. — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that <FI>is<Fi> by the more part, — read the full passage →

`To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands--the golden: — read the full passage →

And a sanctuary I did not see in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, is its sanctuary, and the Lamb,

and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast--the two--to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone;

and the woman that thou didst see is the great city that is having reign over the kings of the land.'

and it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live,

and they heard a great voice out of the heaven saying to them, `Come up hither;' and they went up to the heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them;

and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority <FI>is<Fi> to injure men five months;

and I saw, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb hath stood as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the Seven Spirits of God, which are sent to all the earth,

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis who did not defile their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

Why, then, the law? on account of the transgressions it was added, till the seed might come to which the promise hath been made, having been set in order through messengers in the hand of a mediator--

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

And David saith to his men, `Gird ye on each his sword;' and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.

and saith, `This is the custom of the king who doth reign over you: Your sons he doth take, and hath appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots;

`And the person who doth <FI>aught<Fi> with a high hand--of the native or of the sojourner--Jehovah he is reviling, and that person hath been cut off from the midst of his people;

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

these things be speaking, and exhorting, and convicting, with all charge; let no one despise thee!

and as an enemy count <FI>him<Fi> not, but admonish ye <FI>him<Fi> as a brother;

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

`And ye--ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director--the Christ, and all ye are brethren; — read the full passage →

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil. — read the full passage →

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.