Admonition
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Nouthesia means admonition, warning, corrective instruction, or counsel that places truth before the mind. Paul says Israel's wilderness failures were written for the church's admonition, directs fathers to raise children in the Lord's discipline and instruction, and requires warning before a persistently divisive person is refused.
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Nouthesia means admonition, warning, corrective instruction, or counsel that places truth before the mind. Paul says Israel's wilderness failures were written for the church's admonition, directs fathers to raise children in the Lord's discipline and instruction, and requires warning before a persistently divisive person is refused.
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include admonition (1), as warnings (1), instruction (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 10:11. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Ephesians (1), Titus (1).
Nouthesia means admonition, warning, corrective instruction, or counsel that places truth before the mind. Paul says Israel's wilderness failures were written for the church's admonition, directs fathers to raise children in the Lord's discipline and instruction, and requires warning before a persistently divisive person is refused. The noun joins truthful correction with moral purpose and relational responsibility.
It is not angry venting, humiliation, coercive control, or a vague rebuke without evidence. Admonition should be scriptural, specific, proportionate, patient, and open to the corrector's own accountability. Its aim is repentance, wisdom, protection, and mature obedience under the Lord, not the preservation of a leader's comfort or unquestioned authority.
Nouthesia is truth-bearing corrective instruction. Scripture's warnings teach the end-times church, parents nurture children under the Lord, and discipline gives a faction-maker repeated opportunity to turn.
Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
First Corinthians 10:11 says Israel's experiences happened as examples and were written for admonition of those upon whom the ends of the ages have come. Redemptive history warns the present church.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4 tells fathers not to provoke their children but to nourish them in the Lord's discipline and admonition. Correction belongs inside non-provoking nurture.
Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
Titus 3:10 requires a first and second admonition before the church refuses a divisive person. The sequence holds patience and a final protective boundary together.
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Greek word. Corrective instruction aimed at the mind and conscience, not mere rebuke but thoughtful guidance toward better behavior.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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a warning, admonition
Read versea warning, admonition
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Nouthesia treats warning as a ministry of truth rather than a release of frustration. Israel's wilderness story admonishes the church because covenant privilege did not make unbelief, idolatry, or presumption safe. In the household, admonition must operate within the Lord's nurture and the command not to provoke children, so parental power is bounded. In Titus, warning is repeated before separation, proving that correction seeks repentance while recognizing that persistence may require protection.
Churches should make admonition concrete enough to understand and answer, distinguish sin from preference, listen to relevant evidence, and avoid humiliating settings. A faithful warning tells the truth for another's good under Christ's authority and remains accountable to the same word it applies.
1Cor.10.11
Nouthesia is associated with nous, mind, and tithēmi, to place. It refers to corrective instruction or warning that brings truth to bear on understanding and conduct, not merely transfer of information.
Wisdom's parental appeals, prophetic warnings, and covenant memorials place truth before God's people so they may turn and live. Scripture also condemns shepherds who rule harshly.
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