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, but minding his own. Res tuas age. The pragmatic person is an odious person, and the place where he lives longs for a vomit to spew him out. See Trapp on " 1Th 4:11 "
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._...
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...
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....
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...
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...
A FINAL WORD (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5)...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
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...
§ 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...
AND EAT THEIR OWN BREAD.— That which they have earned themselves. Therefore Dr. Heylin renders it, _and earn their bread by labour._...
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...
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. BY, [ dia (G1223)]. So C. But A 'Aleph (') B Delta G f g, Vulgate, rea...
EXHORTATIONS, REBUKES, AND BENEDICTION 2. Unreasonable] almost 'outrageous.' FAITH] better, 'the Faith.'...
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...
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, “...
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...
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...
Injunctions upon church-life and order....
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...
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...
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...
(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...
_Eat their own bread, which they work for, and deserve, not that of others. (Witham)_...
(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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
A warning against disorderly conduct, with Paul's example of right living:...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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. 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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6 The Problem of Lazy Christians. Paul instructs the Thessalonians to discipline those refusing to work....
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:12 WORK QUIETLY. The opposite of being “busybodies” (v. 2 Thessalonians 3:11)....
_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...
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...
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...
1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Timothy 2:2; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:8;...
With quietness - work. See on study to be quiet, 1 Thessalonians 4:11....
Work quietly — Letting the concerns of other people alone....