For even when we were with you [and so even before we wrote you our first epistle], this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. [This precept is founded on Genesis 3:19. It forbids the Christian to exercise that false charity which genders beggary and becomes the parent of manifold crime.]
Verse 10. _IF ANY WOULD NOT WORK, NEITHER SHOULD HE EAT._] This is a just maxim, and universal nature inculcates it to man. If man _will work_, he _may eat_; if he do _not work_, he _neither can_ _ea...
FOR EVEN WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, THIS WE COMMANDED YOU - It would seem from this that the evil of which the apostle here complains had begun to operate even when he was with them. There were those who...
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....
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...
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...
A FINAL WORD (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5)...
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...
IF. App-118. WOULD. is... willing. App-102. NEITHER. Greek. _mede_....
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...
_For even when we were with you, this we commanded you_ Better, FOR ALSO: St Paul's present charge on the subject repeats and reinforces what he said in his oral teaching; THIS WE USED TO CHARGE YOU s...
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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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THAT IF ANY WOULD NOT WORK, &C.— This sentence occurs in many of the Jewish writings, and seems to have been proverbial: and both our Lord and his apostles frequently adopted those proverbs or sayings...
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 3:10) 10 FOR EVEN WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, THIS WE COMMANDED YOU. IF ANY WILL NOT WORK, NEITHER LET HIM EAT. Translation and Paraphrase 10. (We set you an example of how you oug...
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. FOR EVEN. Translate 'For also;' coordinate with "For," . We set you the example, and also...
EXHORTATIONS, REBUKES, AND BENEDICTION 2. Unreasonable] almost 'outrageous.' FAITH] better, 'the Faith.'...
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...
FOR EVEN. — The sequence of thought is a little difficult, but it seems best to regard this “for” as connecting its sentence, not with 2 Thessalonians 3:9, but rather with 2 Thessalonians 3:6. It does...
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...
Precept as well as example (_DC_ [36], ii. 2). As is perhaps implied in ὅτι, εἰ … ἐσθιέτω is a maxim quoted by the apostle, not from some unwritten saying of Jesus (Resch) but from the Jewish counterp...
Injunctions upon church-life and order....
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...
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...
THE COMMAND FOR THE DISORDERLY Kelcy notes that Paul used the imperfect tense when he said, "we commanded you this", so it means he repeatedly commanded them. Thus, the one who as a habit refused to e...
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, (c) neither should he eat. (c) What will we do then with those fat lazy monks, and sacrificing priests? A monk (says...
_Not work. By prying with curiosity into other men's actions. He that is idle, saith St. John Chrysostom, will be given to curiosity. (Witham) --- The apostles, like our Lord, were fond of introducing...
(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....
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...
_GAMBLING_ ‘If any would not work, neither should be eat.’ 2 Thessalonians 3:10 The moral way of acquiring wealth and property is to labour for it. So far as property _ comes_ to us, it either must...
10_He that will not labor_. From its being written in Psalms 128:2 — Thou art blessed, eating of the labor of thy hands, also in Proverbs 10:4, The blessing of the Lord is upon the hands of him tha...
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...
FOR EVEN WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU,.... At Thessalonica in person, and first preached the Gospel to them, WE COMMANDED YOU, THAT IF ANY WOULD NOT WORK, NEITHER SHOULD HE EAT; the Ethiopic version reads i...
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. Ver. 10. _That if any would not work_] In the sweat of thy nose shalt thou eat thy bread, was...
_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...
NEITHER SHOULD HE EAT; he should not be supported from the earnings of others. Idleness is a great sin, and the supporting of idle persons by private or public charity, or in any way which encourages...
A warning against disorderly conduct, with Paul's example of right living:...
FOR EVEN WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, THIS WE COMMANDED YOU, THAT IF ANY WOULD NOT WORK, NEITHER SHOULD HE EAT....
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...
“FOR EVEN WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, THIS WE COMMANDED YOU, IF ANY WILL NOT WORK, NEITHER LET HIM EAT” “For even when we were with you”: That is, during the original visit recorded in Acts 17:1. “The The...
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...
The words contain a reason, as the illative _for_ imports; but what it refers to is uncertain; most probably a further reason of the apostle's working with his hands, because when with them he left th...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians Let us therefore no longer keep the Sabbath after the Jewish manner, and rejoice in days of idleness; for "he that does not work, let him not eat."[57] Epistle...
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2 Thessalonians 3:10. IF ANY WOULD NOT WORK, NEITHER SHOULD HE EAT. This seems to have been a proverbial expression among the Jews, and the idea was inculcated by the Rabbis, sometimes in the very wor...
_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...
THIS (τουτο). What he proceeds to give.IF ANY WILL NOT WORK, NEITHER LET HIM EAT (οτ ε τις ου θελε εργαζεσθα μηδε εσθιετω). Recitative οτ here not to be translated, like our modern quotation marks...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WE TOLD YOU. Some see work as a curse (Genesis 3:19), but it is also a blessing! "You can be so _heavenly minded_ that you are no _earthly good!"_ The Holy Spirit, through Paul, gives a strong _work-e...
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. ⇐...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6 The Problem of Lazy Christians. Paul instructs the Thessalonians to discipline those refusing to work....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Thessalonians 3:10. IF ANY WOULD NOT WORK, NEITHER SHOULD HE EAT.—“A stern, but necessary and merciful rule, the neglect of which makes charity demoralising” (_Ibid...
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...
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...
1 Thessalonians 4:11; Acts 20:18; Genesis 3:19; John 16:4; Luke 24:44
If any would not work, etc. A Jewish proverb....
Neither let him eat — Do not maintain him in idleness....
Observe here, 1. The solemn charge given by the apostle for every man to follow some lawful calling, and be found in the way of an industrious diligence; if any (being able) will not work, let him not...