WHAT is "withdrawing"?

Mt. 18	"as a Gentile and a tax-gatherer"
Rom. 16	"turn away from" nasb

"keep away from" niv

"avoid" kjv
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
2 Th. 3	"keep aloof from" nasb

"withdraw yourselves from" kjv

"keep away from" niv

"do not associate with" nasb
2 Tim. 3	"turn away" kjv

"Have nothing to do with" niv

"avoid" nasb
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? …

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WHO is to be withdrawn from?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
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
1 Cor. 5	Sexually immoral; fornicator kjv
Covetous
Idolater
Reviler; slanderer niv [loidoros] (ex. Jn 9:28; Ac. 23:4)
Drunkard
Swindler, extortioner kjv
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
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)
Rom. 16
"they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting"
1 Cor. 5	"that his spirit may be saved"

" a little leaven leavens the whole lump"
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
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