2 Thessalonians 2:6

2:6 And so ¹  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 you ³  in every good thing you do or say. ⁴ 

2 Thessalonians 3:7

3:7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline ⁵  among you,

2 Thessalonians 3:11

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 

[2:6]  ¹ tn Grk “and now,” but this shows the logical result of his previous teaching.

[2:6]  ² tn Grk “the thing that restrains.”

[2:17]  ³ tn Grk simply “strengthen,” with the object understood from the preceding.

[2:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “every good work and word.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn This is the verbal form of the words occurring in vv. 6 and 11, meaning “to act out of line, in an unruly way.”

[3:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “walking in an undisciplined way” (“walking” is a common NT idiom for one’s way of life or conduct).

[3:11]  ⁸ tn There is a play on words in the Greek: “working at nothing, but working around,” “not keeping busy but being busybodies.”