Noutheteo is used for directly addressing others with counsel, including disorderly people, fellow believers, and those being taught.

The verb is used for addressing people with counsel directed toward their conduct or growth: a writer addresses beloved children, leaders address those among them, believers address one another, and a brother is addressed without being treated as an enemy. Its occurrences also place this activity alongside teaching and wisdom.

1. Addressing others with corrective or formative counsel · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 4:14, the nominative singular present active participle occurs where the writer addresses beloved children rather than writing to shame them; the APB renders the clause "but as my beloved children I admonish you." In 1 Thessalonians 5:14 and 2 Thessalonians 3:15, the present active plural forms direct the audience to address the disorderly and a brother who is not to be regarded as an enemy. Colossians 1:28, Colossians 3:16, and Romans 15:14 show the same activity toward every person or one another in settings that also mention teaching, wisdom, goodness, and knowledge.

   1 Corinthians 4:141 Thessalonians 5:121 Thessalonians 5:142 Thessalonians 3:15Acts 20:31Colossians 1:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently uses forms of "admonish," including "I admonish you," "admonish the disorderly," and "admonishing every person." These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolate every feature of the Greek form.