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Verse 12. _WITH QUIETNESS THEY WORK_] μετα ησυχιας. _With_
_silence_; leaving their tale-bearing and officious intermeddling.
_Less noise and more work_!
_THAT - THEY WORK, AND EAT THEIR OWN BREAD._...
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NOW THEM THAT ARE SUCH WE COMMAND AND EXHORT BY OUR LORD JESUS ... - A
more solemn command and appeal to do what he had before enjoined on
all of them; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; see the notes on that vers...
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III. THANKSGIVING, PRAYER,
EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter S 2:13-3:18
_ 1. Thanksgiving and prayer (2 Thessalonians 2:13)_
2. Prayer for the Word and for deliverance (2 Thessalonians 3:1)
3....
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2 THESSALONIANS 3. FINAL COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS. The apostle (_a)_
asks for the prayers of the Thessalonian Christians on his own behalf
(2 Thessalonians 3:1); (_b_) warns them against dis orderly...
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THE REBUKE TO THE DISORDERLY. Under _the_ influence of the Parousia
Hope some Thessalonian Christians abandoned their ordinary occupations
and claimed the right to be supported by the Church. Paul poi...
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Brothers, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, keep
yourselves from every brother who behaves like a truant from duty and
who does not conduct himself in accordance with the teaching w...
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A FINAL WORD (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5)...
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EXHORT. App-134.
BY. App-104. 2 Thessalonians 3:1, but the texts read _en_.
WITH. App-104.
QUIETNESS. Greek. _hesuchia._ See Acts 22:2....
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Section V. Discipline for the Disorderly
Ch. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
In his former letter St Paul had found it needful to exhort his
readers to live a quiet life and to attend to their daily duties a...
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_Now_them that are _such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus
Christ_ The "exhort" of the first Epistle (1 Thessalonians 4:10) is
now CHARGE AND EXHORT, put with a new tone of sternness.
Not _by_b...
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§ 5. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15. THE CASE OF THE IDLERS
This section contains the chief matter pointed to in ΤῸ
ΛΟΙΠΌΝ of 2 Thessalonians 3:1 (see note above). But the added
homily is no afterthought; it...
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12. The Syrian text reads δια του for ΕΝ (Κ. Ι. Χ.), after
1 Thessalonians 4:2.
12. ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΔῈ ΤΟΙΟΎΤΟΙΣ ΠΑΡΑΓΓΈΛΛΟΜΕΝ
ΚΑῚ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥ͂ΜΕΝ ἘΝ ΚΥΡΊΩΙ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂
ΧΡΙΣΤΩ͂Ι. _But those that are such we charge and...
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AND EAT THEIR OWN BREAD.— That which they have earned themselves.
Therefore Dr. Heylin renders it, _and earn their bread by labour._...
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TEXT (2 Thessalonians 3:12)
12 NOW THEM THAT ARE SUCH WE COMMAND AND EXHORT IN THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, THAT WITH QUIETNESS THEY WORK, AND EAT THEIR OWN BREAD.
Translation and Paraphrase
12.
But such...
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EXHORTATIONS, REBUKES, AND BENEDICTION
2. Unreasonable] almost 'outrageous.' FAITH] better, 'the Faith.'...
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THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET
2 THE THESSALONIANS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 3
A REQUEST FOR PRAYER 3:1-2
V1 For the rest, *brothers and *sisters, please pray for us. Ask the
*Lord that he will use us...
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WE COMMAND. — The fourth time the severe word is used in this very
chapter. Perhaps “we order” might convey the meaning still more
sharply. But immediately, lest severity provoke rebellion, he adds,
“...
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CHAPTER 23
THE CHRISTIAN WORTH OF LABOUR
2 Thessalonians 3:6 (R.V.)
THIS passage is very similar in contents to one in the fourth chapter
of the First Epistle. The difference between the two is in t...
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Injunctions upon church-life and order....
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They are not directly addressed (contrast 6, 13). μετὰ
ἡσυχίας, in the homely sphere of work. The three causes of
disquiet at Thessalonica are (_a_) the disturbing effect of
persecution, (_b_) the ten...
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SEPARATE; INDUSTRIOUS; PERSEVERING
2 Thessalonians 3:6
From his high expectations of the Advent, the Apostle turns to the
prosaic commonplaces of daily toil. There was need for this, because
the expe...
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In conclusion the apostle urged them to pray for him that the
preaching of the Word in other places might be with power and victory.
He affirmed his confidence in them, and expressed his desire for th...
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THE COMMAND FOR THE DISORDERLY
Kelcy notes that Paul used the imperfect tense when he said, "we
commanded you this", so it means he repeatedly commanded them. Thus,
the one who as a habit refused to e...
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(9) Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus
Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
(9) The Lord commands and the apostles pray in the name of Christ,
f...
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_Eat their own bread, which they work for, and deserve, not that of
others. (Witham)_...
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(6) В¶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh
disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us....
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The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view
of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that
threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
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12_Now we command such_. He corrects both of the faults of which he
had made mention — a blustering restlessness, and retirement from
useful employment. He accordingly exhorts them, in the first place...
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There is nothing very particular in the apostle's exhortations. His
great concern was the explanation which we have been considering. He
prays that God and the Lord Jesus Himself, who had given them t...
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NOW THEM THAT ARE SUCH,.... For this was not the case and character of
them all. Did such practices generally obtain, no community, civil or
religious, could subsist. And the apostle wisely distinguis...
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Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ,
that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Ver. 12. _That with quietness_] Being no meddler in other men's
matters,...
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_We command you, brethren_ We solemnly charge you; _in the name of the
Lord._ (see on 1 Corinthians 5:4,) the credit and progress of whose
religion are so nearly concerned in the matter; _that ye with...
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All who can, should be habitually diligent in useful and appropriate
business. If necessary, it should be done for their own support; and
if not necessary for this, it should be done for the purpose o...
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A warning against disorderly conduct, with Paul's example of right
living:...
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NOW THEM THAT ARE SUCH WE COMMAND AND EXHORT BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
THAT WITH QUIETNESS THEY WORK, AND EAT THEIR OWN BREAD.
The apostle has fully characterized the members of the Christian
congregat...
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As in the first epistle, so the apostle again asks for their prayers:
first for the positive blessing of the Word of God which thy
proclaimed that it might have free course to go forward and be
glorif...
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“NOW THEM THAT ARE SUCH WE COMMAND AND EXHORT IN THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, THAT WITH QUIETNESS THEY WORK, AND EAT THEIR OWN BREAD”
“Now them that are such”: Notice that God gives these individuals
one...
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6-15 Those who have received the gospel, are to live according to the
gospel. Such as could work, and would not, were not to be maintained
in idleness. Christianity is not to countenance slothfulness...
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NOW THEM THAT ARE SUCH WE COMMAND AND EXHORT BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST:
he had before given command to the church to withdraw from them, 2
THESSALONIANS 3:6; and now he lays the commandment upon themse...
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Now them that are such we command and exhort [mixing entreaty with
authority] _in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work,
and eat their own_ [this word is emphatic] _bread_....
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2 Thessalonians 3:12 Now G1161 such G5108 command G3853 (G5719) and
G2532 exhort G3870 (G5719) through G
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2 Thessalonians 3:12. WITH QUIETNESS THEY WORK, AND EAT THEIR OWN
BREAD. One of the Jewish Rabbis says: ‘When a man eats his own
bread, he has quietness and composure of mind; but when he eats the
bre...
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_Exhortations to Industry, and Directions regarding the Treatment of
Idle and Disorderly Persons._
In this concluding paragraph of his Epistle, Paul warns the
Thessalonians against neglecting their wo...
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WE COMMAND AND EXHORT
(παραγγελλομεν κα παρακαλουμεν). Paul
asserts his authority as an apostle and pleads as a man and
minister.THAT WITH QUIETNESS THEY WORK, AND EAT THEIR OWN BREAD
(ινα μετα η...
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2 Thessalonians 3:6
I. In this passage the Apostle teaches the Thessalonians that in
tranquillity, sedateness of heart and life, they are severally, not
only to work, but to do their own work, and so...
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2 Thessalonians 3:1. _Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of
the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with
you:_
A most important request. What can the ministers of th...
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CONTENTS: Paul's encouragements and exhortations to the Thessalonians.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: It is required of those who have professed Christianity,
that they live according to the p...
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2 Thessalonians 3:1. _Finally, brethren, pray for us._ This request is
of constant occurrence. Ephesians 6:18. Paul often ascribes his
preservation to the prayers of the saints. He solicits prayer tha...
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IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JEANS CHRIST. He is the source of Paul's
authority to make this command. Paul does not speak directly to the
ones living _lazy lives._ But, they know who they are. By Christ's...
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:12 WORK QUIETLY. The
opposite of being “busybodies” (v. 2 Thessalonians 3:11)....
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6 The Problem of Lazy
Christians. Paul instructs the Thessalonians to discipline those
refusing to work....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Thessalonians 3:10. IF ANY WOULD NOT WORK, NEITHER SHOULD HE
EAT.—“A stern, but necessary and merciful rule, the neglect of
which makes charity demoralising” (_Ibid...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—The apostle now comes to the conclusion of his Epistle. He
beseeches the Thessalonians for an interest in their prayers, that the
gospel may be rapidly diffused and glorified by n...
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Finally, brethren, pray for us (2 Thessalonians 3:1),
Now again Paul is calling for prayer for him. I think that maybe
sometimes we are guilty of not praying for those in spiritual
leadership feeling...
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1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Timothy 2:2; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2
Thessalonians 3:8;...
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With quietness - work. See on study to be quiet, 1 Thessalonians 4:11....
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Work quietly — Letting the concerns of other people alone....