Commentary
Old Testament : Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
The Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
![](images/minus.gif)
Text -- 2 Thessalonians 3:1-16 (NET)
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Strongs On/Off
Context
Request for Prayer
3:1 Finally , pray for us , brothers and sisters , that the Lord’s message may spread quickly and be honored as in fact it was among you ,
3:2 and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil people . For not all have faith .
3:3 But the Lord is faithful , and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one .
3:4 And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing – and will do – what we are commanding .
3:5 Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ .
Response to the Undisciplined
3:6 But we command you , brothers and sisters , in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us .
3:7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us , because we did not behave without discipline among you ,
3:8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying . Instead , in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you .
3:9 It was not because we do not have that right , but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate .
3:10 For even when we were with you , we used to give you this command : “If anyone is not willing to work , neither should he eat .”
3:11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life , not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others .
3:12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat .
3:13 But you , brothers and sisters , do not grow weary in doing what is right .
3:14 But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter , take note of him and do not associate closely with him , so that he may be ashamed .
3:15 Yet do not regard him as an enemy , but admonish him as a brother .
Conclusion
3:16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way . The Lord be with you all .
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Commandments |
Labor |
Poor |
SALVATION |
Minister |
Example |
THESSALONIANS, THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE |
Industry |
Zeal |
Intercession |
INSPIRATION, 8-18 |
Fellowship |
Tradition |
Busybody |
Church |
DISORDERLY |
Peace |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
Fraternity |
more
![](images/cmt_minus_head.gif)
expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: 2Th 3:6 The reading “you received” (παρελάβετε, parelabete) is found predominately in Western wi...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: 2Th 3:7 This is the verbal form of the words occurring in vv. 6 and 11, meaning “to act out of line, in an unruly way.”
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: 2Th 3:8 Grk “but working,” as a continuation of the previous sentence. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence ...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: 2Th 3:11 There is a play on words in the Greek: “working at nothing, but working around,” “not keeping busy but being busybodies.”
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)