2 Thessalonians 2:6

2:6 And so¹ you know what holds him back,² so that he will be revealed in his own time.

2 Thessalonians 2:17

2:17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you³ in every good thing you do or say.⁴

3:7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline⁵ among you,

3:11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life,⁶ not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.⁷

¹tn Grk “and now,” but this shows the logical result of his previous teaching.

²tn Grk “the thing that restrains.”

³tn Grk simply “strengthen,” with the object understood from the preceding.

⁴tn Grk “every good work and word.”

⁵tn This is the verbal form of the words occurring in vv. 6 and 11, meaning “to act out of line, in an unruly way.”

⁷tn Grk “walking in an undisciplined way” (“walking” is a common NT idiom for one’s way of life or conduct).

⁸tn There is a play on words in the Greek: “working at nothing, but working around,” “not keeping busy but being busybodies.”