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Verse 7. _WE BEHAVED NOT OURSELVES DISORDERLY_] ουκ
ητακτησαμεν. _We did not go out of our rank_-we kept our
place, and discharged all its duties....
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FOR YOURSELVES KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO FOLLOW US - You know what you
should do in order to imitate us.
FOR WE BEHAVED NOT OURSELVES DISORDERLY AMONG YOU - See the notes on 1
Thessalonians 2:10....
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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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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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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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A FINAL WORD (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5)...
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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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KNOW. App-132.
FOLLOW. imitate. Greek. _mimeomai._ Occurs also 2 Thessalonians 3:9;
Hebrews 13:7; 3 John 1:11; 3 John 1:11
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_For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us_ Lit., IMITATE US: see
note on 1 Thessalonians 1:6; and again, ch. 2 Thessalonians 2:14, and
2 Thessalonians 3:9 below. you know of yourse
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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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ΑΥ̓ΤΟῚ ΓᾺΡ ΟἼΔΑΤΕ. _For you know of
yourselves_—“without our needing to tell it again”: see notes on
καθὼς οἴδατε, 1 Thessalonians 1:5 f., 2 Thessalonians
2:1, &c.
ΠΩ͂Σ ΔΕΙ͂ ΜΙΜΕΙ͂ΣΘΑΙ ἩΜΑ͂Σ, _in what...
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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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FOR WE BEHAVED NOT OURSELVES DISORDERLY, &C.— Ουκ
ητακτησαμεν, _we did not go out of our rank;_ an allusion
to soldiers standing or marching in their proper _ranks,_ out of which
it is a great irregul...
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TEXT (2 Thessalonians 3:7-8)
7 FOR YOURSELVES KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO IMITATE US: FOR WE BEHAVED NOT
OURSELVES DISORDERLY AMONG YOU; 8 NEITHER DID WE EAT BREAD FOR NOUGHT
AT ANY MAN'S HAND, BUT IN LABOR...
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For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not
ourselves disorderly among you;
HOW YE OUGHT TO FOLLOW US - how ye ought to live so as to 'imitate'
(so the Greek) us (cf. note, ;...
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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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FOR justifies the assertion that they _had_ received a better
teaching. (Comp. 1 Thessalonians 2:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1
Thessalonians 5:2.)
TO FOLLOW US. — The word, of course
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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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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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PAUL'S EXAMPLE AMONG THEM
Paul urged them to remember the example he had set when in
Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 2:9). He had worked night and day so
that they might hear the gospel and he could ear...
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(6) For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not
ourselves disorderly among you;
(6) Lest he might seem to deal harshly with them, he sets forth
himself as an example, who beside...
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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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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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FOR YOURSELVES KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO FOLLOW US,.... The apostle goes on
to dissuade from that which denominates persons disorderly walkers,
and exposes them to the censure of the church, and that partl...
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For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not
ourselves disorderly among you;
Ver. 7. _For yourselves know_] You idle addleheads, _a_ 2
Thessalonians 3:11. For these he here direc...
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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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FOR YOURSELVES KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO FOLLOW US; FOR WE BEHAVED NOT
OURSELVES DISORDERLY AMONG YOU,...
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A warning against disorderly conduct, with Paul's example of right
living:...
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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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“FOR YOURSELVES KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO IMITATE US: FOR WE BEHAVED NOT
OURSELVES DISORDERLY AMONG YOU”
“For”: Not only were the disorderly ignoring clear commands, they
were also ignoring the example th...
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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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Whereby the apostle intimates the aggravation of their crime who did
walk disorderly, and so justifies the withdrawing from them. For they
would be reproved not only by his doctrine, but example: what...
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For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not
ourselves disorderly among you;...
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2 Thessalonians 3:7 For G1063 yourselves G846 know G1492 (G5758) how
G4459 ought G1163 (G5748) follow G3401
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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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2 Thessalonians 3:7. On this and the following verse, see notes on the
First Epistle, chap. 2....
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HOW YE OUGHT TO IMITATE US
(πως δε μιμεισθα ημας). Literally, how it is
necessary to imitate us. The infinitive μιμεισθα is the old
verb μιμεομα from μιμος (actor, mimic), but in N.T. only
here (and...
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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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JUST WHAT WE DID. Paul and the other apostles can point to their own
self-supporting and orderly lives as examples. See note on 1
Thessalonians 2:9....
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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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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:7 The missionaries had
taught the need to work for a living both by example and through
instruction.
⇐...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Thessalonians 3:6. WALKETH DISORDERLY.—Falling out of the ranks
and desertion of the post of duty are grave faults, which if the
_esprit de corps_ do not prevent it...
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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 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Thessalonians
1:6;...
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Follow [μ ι μ ε ι σ θ α ι]. Better, imitate. Comp. 1
Corinthians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17; 1 Thess
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In these verses the apostle plainly intimates, whom he meant by the
DISORDERLY BROTHER mentioned in the foregoing verse; it is the idle
person, called disorderly for this reason; because Almighty God...