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Staying Away from a Brother Whose Life is Not in Accord with the Teachings and Traditions of the Shl’chim

DA17

We are to stay away from a brother whose life is not in accord with the teachings and traditions of the Shl’chim.

Category: Neighbours & Brothers

Type: Negative

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: New Testament

Uniqueness: Not unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Not specified

Literal Application: Not specified

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

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Bible references

Key NT Scriptures
  • Romans 16:17
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:6
Supportive NT Scriptures
  • 1 Corinthians 5:9-13
  • 1 Corinthians 15:33
  • 2 Timothy 3:14-15
Supportive OT Scriptures
  • Proverbs 13:20
  • Proverbs 24:1
  • Psalms 1:1
  • Psalms 26:4-5

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

This Mitzvah commands us to stay away from a brother believer whose life is not in accord with the teachings and traditions of the Shl’chim, which means with Scripture. Implied in this is that the brother is unrepentant; it is not instructing us to stay away from a brother who sins and then repents. The purpose of this Mitzvah is twofold: (1) to shame the sinning brother into reconsidering his sin and repenting, and (2) to avoid our being influenced by our sinning brother and falling into sin ourselves. We should take note that this Mitzvah is not instructing us to stay away from sinning unbelievers. We are not to have close fellowship with them, but we are permitted to be in their company, and they in ours, so we can prevail upon them to repent and receive the Lord.


Copyright © Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster, The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective - Volume 3

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