2 Thessalonians 3:1-5
CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS AND GREETING. 2 Thessalonians 3:1 The apostle asks his readers to intercede for him with the faithful Lord:... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS AND GREETING. 2 Thessalonians 3:1 The apostle asks his readers to intercede for him with the faithful Lord:... [ Continue Reading ]
FINALLY, BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US, THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD MAY HAVE FREE COURSE AND BE GLORIFIED EVEN AS IT IS WITH YOU,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THAT WE MAY BE DELIVERED FROM UNREASONABLE AND WICKED MEN; FOR ALL MEN HAVE NOT FAITH.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL, WHO SHALL ESTABLISH YOU, AND KEEP YOU FROM EVIL,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD, TOUCHING YOU, THAT YE BOTH DO AND WILL DO THE THINGS WHICH WE COMMAND YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD DIRECT YOUR HEARTS INTO THE LOVE OF GOD AND INTO THE PATIENT WAITING FOR CHRIST. The points of doctrine concerning which the apostle had felt uneasiness with regard to the Thessalonian Christians the apostle had now touched upon. But there still remained the necessity of speaking also o... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
A warning against disorderly conduct, with Paul's example of right living:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR YOURSELVES KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO FOLLOW US; FOR WE BEHAVED NOT OURSELVES DISORDERLY AMONG YOU,... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER DID WE EAT ANY MAN'S BREAD FOR NAUGHT, BUT WROUGHT WITH LABOR AND TRAVAIL NIGHT AND DAY THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE CHARGEABLE TO ANY OF YOU;... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT POWER, BUT TO MAKE OURSELVES AN ENSAMPLE UNTO YOU TO FOLLOW US.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVEN WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, THIS WE COMMANDED YOU, THAT IF ANY WOULD NOT WORK, NEITHER SHOULD HE EAT.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME WHICH WALK AMONG YOU DISORDERLY, WORKING NOT AT ALL, BUT ARE BUSYBODIES.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 congregations as they should be. That he was not offering his own personal suggestions and opinions appears f... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT YE, BRETHREN, BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING.... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostle once more urges church discipline:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF ANY MAN OBEY NOT OUR WORD BY THIS EPISTLE, NOTE THAT MAN, AND HAVE NO COMPANY WITH HIM, THAT HE MAY BE ASHAMED.... [ Continue Reading ]
YET COUNT HIM NOT AS AN ENEMY, BUT ADMONISH HIM AS A BROTHER. Instead of condoning the tendency toward loafing, toward disorderly conduct, which was evident in the Thessalonian congregation, the apostle urges: You, however, brethren, do not become weary in well-doing. They should not become dispiri... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THE LORD OF PEACE HIMSELF GIVE YOU PEACE ALWAYS BY ALL ME AN S. THE LORD BE WITH YOU ALL.... [ Continue Reading ]
Concluding benediction and salutation:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SALUTATION OF PAUL WITH MINE OWN HAND, WHICH IS THE TOKEN IN EVERY EPISTLE; SO I WRITE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN. This closing prayer is the fourth solemn wish of the apostle in this letter. He desires that the Lord of peace, Jesus Christ, the Prince and Dispenser of peace, Isaiah 9:5; John 14:27; John 20:19, may grant to all his readers the true peace a... [ Continue Reading ]