Six Types of Believers We're To Separate From

In our day, unity and liberty is the cry from modern evangelicals. Yet there are at least six types of believers we're to separate ourselves from.

According to Dr. Fred Moritz in Be Ye Holy: The Call to Christian Separation, there are six types of believers we’re to separate ourselves from in accordance with the Holy Scripture.

1. The sinning brother—Sin by one brother against another about which the sinning brother will not be reconciled (Matt. 18:15–17).

2. The immoral brother—Moral sins that the sinning brother continues to practice. These are fornication, covetousness, railing, drunkenness, and extortion (1 Cor. 5:11).

3. The unequally yoked brother—The doctrinal, or theological, error of idolatry, or being unequally yoked with unbelievers (1 Cor. 5:11; 2 Cor. 6:14).

4. The lazy brother—The sin of laziness in which the brother will not work for a living (2 Thess. 3:6–15).

5. The disobedient brother—Open disobedience to Scripture (2 Thess. 2:15; 3:6–14).

6. The heretical brother—Heresy, or deviant doctrine, that is promoted out of self-willed divisiveness (Titus 3:10).