⁶ Sufficient for such a person is ^(A)this punishment which was imposed by the majority,

Bear One Another’s Burdens

6 ^(A)Brothers and sisters, even if a person is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are ^(B)spiritual are to ^(C)restore such a person ^(D)in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you are not tempted as well.

^11 (A)Do not participate in the useless ^(B)deeds of ^(C)darkness, but instead even ^(D)expose them;

¹⁴ We urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish ^(A)the ^[a]unruly, encourage ^(B)the fainthearted, help ^(C)the weak, be ^(D)patient with everyone.

⁶ Now we command you, brothers and sisters, ^(A)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you ^[a](B)keep away from every brother or sister who ^[b]leads a ^[c](C)disorderly life and not one in accordance with ^(D)the tradition which ^[d]you received from us. ⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to ^[e](E)follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined way among you, ⁸ nor did we ^(F)eat ^[f]anyone’s bread ^[g]without paying for it, but with ^(G)labor and hardship we kept ^(H)working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you; ⁹ not because we do not have ^(I)the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves ^(J)as a role model for you, so that you would ^[h]follow our example. ¹⁰ For even ^(K)when we were with you, we used to give you this order: ^(L)if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either. ¹¹ For we hear that some among you are ^(M)leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like ^(N)busybodies. ¹² Now we command and ^(O)exhort such persons in the Lord Jesus Christ to ^(P)work ^[i]peacefully and eat their own bread. ¹³ But as for you, ^(Q)brothers and sisters, ^(R)do not grow weary of doing good.

¹⁴ If anyone does not obey our ^[j]instruction ^[k](S)in this letter, take special note of that person so as ^(T)not to associate with him, so that he will be ^(U)put to shame. ¹⁵ And yet ^(V)do not regard that person as an enemy, but ^[l](W)admonish that one as a ^(X)brother or sister.

¹⁹ Do not accept an accusation against an ^(A)elder except on the basis of ^(B)two or three witnesses. ²⁰ Those who continue in sin, ^(C)rebuke in the presence of all, ^(D)so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning.

² For people will be ^(A)lovers of self, ^(B)lovers of money, ^(C)boastful, ^(D)arrogant, ^(E)slanderers, ^(F)disobedient to parents, ^(G)ungrateful, ^(H)unholy, ^3 (I)unloving, irreconcilable, ^(J)malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, ^[a](K)haters of good, ^4 (L)treacherous, ^(M)reckless, ^(N)conceited, ^(O)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ holding to a form of ^[b](P)godliness although they have ^(Q)denied its power; ^(R)avoid such people as these.

^10 (A)Reject a ^[a](B)divisive person ^(C)after a first and second warning,

^11 (A)For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the ^(B)peaceful fruit of righteousness.