Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.
There is a point of debate or controversy about this passage, especially this phrase: "Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us." Does this phrase mean every person guilty of any sin must be withdrawn from if not corrected? Or is this phrase limited only to those in the immediate context, namely those who are "working not at all but are busybodies?"