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Verse 9. _NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT POWER_] We have the power,
εξουσιαν, the _right_, to be maintained by those in whose
behalf we labour. _The labourer is worthy of his hire_, is a maxim
universally a...
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NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT POWER ... - See the notes on 1 Corinthians
9:6, 1 Corinthians 9:12, 1 Corinthians 9:14....
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III. THANKSGIVING, PRAYER,
EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter S 2:13-3:18
_ 1. Thanksgiving and prayer (2 Thessalonians 2:13)_
2. Prayer for the Word and for deliverance (2 Thessalonians 3:1)
3....
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THE REBUKE TO THE DISORDERLY. Under _the_ influence of the Parousia
Hope some Thessalonian Christians abandoned their ordinary occupations
and claimed the right to be supported by the Church. Paul poi...
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2 THESSALONIANS 3. FINAL COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS. The apostle (_a)_
asks for the prayers of the Thessalonian Christians on his own behalf
(2 Thessalonians 3:1); (_b_) warns them against dis orderly...
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A FINAL WORD (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5)...
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Brothers, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, keep
yourselves from every brother who behaves like a truant from duty and
who does not conduct himself in accordance with the teaching w...
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POWER. App-172.
TO. in order that (as 2 Thessalonians 3:1) we may.
ENSAMPLE. Greek. _tupos._ Compare Philippians 1:3, Php 1:17. 1
Thessalonians 1:7;...
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_not because we have not power_ Better, HAVE NOT THE RIGHT (moral
power, authority) viz., "to lay the charge of our maintenance upon the
Church;" see note on 1 Thessalonians 2:6. In the other Epistle...
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Section V. Discipline for the Disorderly
Ch. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
In his former letter St Paul had found it needful to exhort his
readers to live a quiet life and to attend to their daily duties a...
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ΟΥ̓Χ ὍΤΙ ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΧΟΜΕΝ ἘΞΟΥΣΊΑΝ, _not that
we are without right_ (to act otherwise, to claim our maintenance:
_scil._ ἐξουσίαν τοῦ δωρεὰν ἄρτον
φαγεῖν· τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ πεῖν, τοῦ μὴ
ἐργάζεσθαι—see 1 Corin...
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§ 5. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15. THE CASE OF THE IDLERS
This section contains the chief matter pointed to in ΤῸ
ΛΟΙΠΌΝ of 2 Thessalonians 3:1 (see note above). But the added
homily is no afterthought; it...
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ΈΧΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΧΩ (G2192) иметь,
ΤΎΠΟΣ (G5179) тип, пример (_см._ 1 Thessalonians 1:7;
TDNT).
ΔΏΜΕΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать.
_Conj._ с 'ΊΝΑ (G2443
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NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT POWER;— St. Paul would not here leave room.
for any person to insinuate, as we find his enemies did at Corinth, 1
Corinthians 9:1; 1 Corinthians 9:27 that he knew himself not t...
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TEXT (2 Thessalonians 3:9)
9 NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT THE RIGHT, BUT TO MAKE OURSELVES AN ENSAMPLE
UNTO YOU, THAT YE SHOULD IMITATE US.
Translation and Paraphrase
9.
(Now we did) not (labor to suppo...
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Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto
you to follow us.
(1 Corinthians 9:4, etc.; .)...
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EXHORTATIONS, REBUKES, AND BENEDICTION
2. Unreasonable] almost 'outrageous.' FAITH] better, 'the Faith.'...
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POWER] better, 'the right.' We have the right to be supported, but for
the sake of example we waived it in your case (1 Corinthians 9:3)....
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THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET
2 THE THESSALONIANS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 3
A REQUEST FOR PRAYER 3:1-2
V1 For the rest, *brothers and *sisters, please pray for us. Ask the
*Lord that he will use us...
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POWER. — Rather, _authority,_ which is power _plus_ legitimacy, How
jealously St. Paul guards the rights of the Apostolate! not for
himself, but for the brethren of the Lord and Cephas (1 Corinthians...
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CHAPTER 23
THE CHRISTIAN WORTH OF LABOUR
2 Thessalonians 3:6 (R.V.)
THIS passage is very similar in contents to one in the fourth chapter
of the First Epistle. The difference between the two is in t...
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The apostles had the right to be maintained by the church, but in this
case they had refused to avail themselves of it. The Thessalonians are
not to misconstrue their action....
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Injunctions upon church-life and order....
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SEPARATE; INDUSTRIOUS; PERSEVERING
2 Thessalonians 3:6
From his high expectations of the Advent, the Apostle turns to the
prosaic commonplaces of daily toil. There was need for this, because
the expe...
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In conclusion the apostle urged them to pray for him that the
preaching of the Word in other places might be with power and victory.
He affirmed his confidence in them, and expressed his desire for th...
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PAUL'S EXAMPLE AMONG THEM
Paul urged them to remember the example he had set when in
Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 2:9). He had worked night and day so
that they might hear the gospel and he could ear...
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If I, to whom you are indebted for the preaching of the gospel, have
yielded my claims, unwilling to receive any thing from you, and even
labouring with my own hands for the necessaries of life, how a...
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(6) В¶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh
disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us....
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The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view
of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that
threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
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9_Not because we have not_. As Paul wished by his laboring to set an
example, that idle persons might not like drones (707) eat the bread
of others, so he was not willing that this very thing (708) sh...
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There is nothing very particular in the apostle's exhortations. His
great concern was the explanation which we have been considering. He
prays that God and the Lord Jesus Himself, who had given them t...
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NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT POWER,.... To forbear working, or require a
maintenance from the churches to whom we minister, since Christ has
ordained, that they that preach the Gospel should live of the Go...
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Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto
you to follow us.
Ver. 9. _Not because we have not power_] _Posse et nolle nobile est._
(Chrysost.) _See Trapp on "_ 1Co 9:4 _"_...
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_We command you, brethren_ We solemnly charge you; _in the name of the
Lord._ (see on 1 Corinthians 5:4,) the credit and progress of whose
religion are so nearly concerned in the matter; _that ye with...
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POWER; authority and right, according to the gospel, to receive
support while preaching it.
AN ENSAMPLE; of diligence in business and readiness to labor and
suffer for the good of others. True benevo...
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As in the first epistle, so the apostle again asks for their prayers:
first for the positive blessing of the Word of God which thy
proclaimed that it might have free course to go forward and be
glorif...
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“NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT THE RIGHT, BUT TO MAKE OURSELVES AND
ENSAMPLE UNTO YOU, THAT YE SHOULD IMITATE US”
“Not because we have not the right”: The right to be financially
supported,. right that Pau...
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6-15 Those who have received the gospel, are to live according to the
gospel. Such as could work, and would not, were not to be maintained
in idleness. Christianity is not to countenance slothfulness...
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OLBGrk;
The contents of this verse are already spoken to in the former, only
the apostle asserts the right of maintenance due to the ministry by
the name of POWER. It may be claimed by authority from...
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not because we have not the right [to demand support while preaching--
Luke 10:7; 1 Corinthians 9:1-18], _but to make ourselves an ensample
unto you, that ye should imitate us_. [Many of the Thessalon...
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2 Thessalonians 3:9 not G3756 because G3754 not G3756 have G2192
(G5719) authority G1849 but G235 to G2443
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_Exhortations to Industry, and Directions regarding the Treatment of
Idle and Disorderly Persons._
In this concluding paragraph of his Epistle, Paul warns the
Thessalonians against neglecting their wo...
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2 Thessalonians 3:9. NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT POWER. This is the idea
which Paul expands in his First Epistle to the Corinthians, chap. 9;
where he shows at large the reasonableness of ministerial work...
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NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT THE RIGHT
(ουχ οτ ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν). Paul is sensitive
on hisRIGHT
to receive adequate support (1 Thessalonians 2:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:1
where he uses the same word εξο...
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2 Thessalonians 3:6
I. In this passage the Apostle teaches the Thessalonians that in
tranquillity, sedateness of heart and life, they are severally, not
only to work, but to do their own work, and so...
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2 Thessalonians 3:1. _Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of
the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with
you:_
A most important request. What can the ministers of th...
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CONTENTS: Paul's encouragements and exhortations to the Thessalonians.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: It is required of those who have professed Christianity,
that they live according to the p...
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2 Thessalonians 3:1. _Finally, brethren, pray for us._ This request is
of constant occurrence. Ephesians 6:18. Paul often ascribes his
preservation to the prayers of the saints. He solicits prayer tha...
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TO BE AN EXAMPLE. Paul had every right to be supported by the church,
(and he did this some times, 2 Corinthians 11:8); but here conditions
demanded he set them an example. But the Thessalonians must...
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6 The Problem of Lazy
Christians. Paul instructs the Thessalonians to discipline those
refusing to work....
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:7 The missionaries had
taught the need to work for a living both by example and through
instruction.
⇐...
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:8 EAT ANYONE’S BREAD
WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT. Paul refused to depend on others for his
living. He took on manual labor in addition to his ministry
commitments t...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 2 Thessalonians 3:8_
Self-denying Labour.
Pioneer work involves hard toil and much patience and self-denial. The
character and surroundings of the people whose hig...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—The apostle now comes to the conclusion of his Epistle. He
beseeches the Thessalonians for an interest in their prayers, that the
gospel may be rapidly diffused and glorified by n...
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Finally, brethren, pray for us (2 Thessalonians 3:1),
Now again Paul is calling for prayer for him. I think that maybe
sometimes we are guilty of not praying for those in spiritual
leadership feeling...
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1 Corinthians 9:4; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Thessalonians 2:6; 2 Thessalonians
3:7;...
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Power [ε ξ ο υ σ ι α ν]. Better, right. See on Mark 2:10; John
1:12....