since it is agreeable to his justice to afflict those in their turn, who afflict you:

in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those, who know not God, and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

and with all the vile methods of imposture, to the ruin of those, who are averse to the truth, by which they might be saved.

to the condemnation of all those, who instead of embracing the gospel, had pleasure in iniquity.

We direct you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw from all those of your brethren, whose conduct is irregular, and not agreeable to the instructions they received from us.