Ataktos describes people addressed for corrective admonition within the community.

The attested use identifies a group needing admonition, set alongside encouragement for the fainthearted, support for the weak, and patience toward all.

1. People needing admonition · dominant

   In 1 Thessalonians 5:14, the accusative plural masculine form identifies the people whom the brothers are urged to admonish. The APB renders the clause "admonish the disorderly" within a sequence of responses to different groups.

   1 Thessalonians 5:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Thessalonians 5:14, the APB presents the group as "the disorderly" in the command to admonish them.