2 Thessalonians 2:5

2:5 Surely you recall ¹  that I used to tell you these things while I was still with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:1

Request for Prayer

3:1 Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, ²  that the Lord’s message ³  may spread quickly and be honored ⁴  as in fact it was among you,

2 Thessalonians 3:8

3:8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. ⁵  Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked ⁶  night and day in order not to burden any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

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.”

[2:5]  ¹ tn Grk “You do remember, don’t you?”

[3:1]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.

[3:1]  ³ tn Or “the word of the Lord.”

[3:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “may run and be glorified.”

[3:8]  ³ tn Grk “we did not eat bread freely from anyone.”

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “but working,” as a continuation of the previous sentence. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started with the word “Instead” in the translation.