2Th_3:15. But no hostile feeling against the erring was to be conjoined with this avoidance of social intercourse; on the contrary, as he is a Christian brother, advice and admonition are not to be omitted in order to convert him from his error by convincing reasons.
ὡς
] united with
ἡγεῖσθαι
, otherwise unusual, brings still more prominently forward the subjective notion or representation implied in the verb. In a corresponding manner
ὥσπερ
occurs with
ἡγεῖσθαι
in the LXX. Comp. Job_19:11; Job_33:10.