2 Thessalonians 3:9

3:9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate. ¹ 

2 Thessalonians 3:12

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. ² 

2 Thessalonians 2:4

2:4 He ³  opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat ⁴  in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. ⁵ 

¹ tn Grk “an example for you to imitate us.”

² tn Grk “that by working quietly they may eat their own bread.”

³ tn Grk “the one who opposes,” describing the figure in v. 3. A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the personal pronoun (“he”) and translating the participle ἀντικείμενος (antikeimeno") as a finite verb.

⁴ sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.

⁵ tn Grk “that he is God.”