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And if any one obeyeth not our word by this epistle (ei de tis ouch hupakouei tōi logōi hēmōn dia tēs epistolēs). Paul sums up the issue bluntly with this ultimatum. Condition of the first class, with negative ou, assuming it to be true.
Note that man (touton sēmeiousthe). Late verb sēmeioō, from sēmeion, sign, mark, token. Put a tag on that man. Here only in N.T. “The verb is regularly used for the signature to a receipt or formal notice in the papyri and the ostraca of the Imperial period” (Moulton & Milligan’s Vocabulary). How this is to be done (by letter or in public meeting) Paul does not say.
That ye have no company with him (mē sunanamignusthai autōi). The MSS. are divided between the present middle infinitive as above in a command like Rom 12:15; Phi 3:16 or the present middle imperative sunanamignusthe (̇ai and ̇e often being pronounced alike in the Koiné[28928]š). The infinitive can also be explained as an indirect command. This double compound verb is late, in lxx and Plutarch, in N.T. only here and 1Co 5:9, 1Co 5:11. Autōi is in associative instrumental case.
To the end that he may be ashamed (hina entrapēi). Purpose clause with hina. Second aorist passive subjunctive of entrepō, to turn on, middle to turn on oneself or to put to shame, passive to be made ashamed. The idea is to have one’s thoughts turned in on oneself.