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2 THESSALONIANS 3:8 nukto.j kai. h`me,raj
A majority of the Committee preferred the reading with the genitives
(supported by a B F G 33 81 104 255 256 263 442 1611 1845 1908 2005),
which is in confor...
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Verse 8. _NEITHER DID WE EAT ANY MAN'S BREAD FOR NAUGHT_] We paid for
what we bought, and worked with our hands that we might have money to
buy what was necessary.
_LABOUR AND TRAVAIL NIGHT AND DAY_...
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NEITHER DID WE EAT ANY MAN’S BREAD FOR NOUGHT - We were not
supported in idleness at the expense of others. We gave a fair
equivalent for all that we received, and, in fact, labored for our own
suppor...
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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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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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A FINAL WORD (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5)...
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NEITHER. Greek. _oude._
ANY MAN'S BREAD. bread from (Greek. _para,_ App-104.) any one
(App-123.)
FOR NOUGHT. Greek. _dorean._ See John 15:25.
WROUGHT. working.
WITH. App-104.
TRAVAIL. Greek. _moch...
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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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_neither did we eat any_man's _bread for nought_ This clause follows
up and makes application of the last, showing by contrast in what lay
the chief complaint against the "brethren walking disorderly....
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ΝΥΚΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΗΜΕΡΑΣ, אBG and six minn.; νυκτα
και ημεραν, ADKLP &c. See Expository Note.
8. ΟΥ̓ΔῈ ΔΩΡΕᾺΝ ἌΡΤΟΝ ἘΦΆΓΟΜΕΝ ΠΑΡΆ
ΤΙΝΟΣ, _nor indeed ate bread for nought at the hand of any one_:
whereas the...
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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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TEXT (2 Thessalonians 3:7-8)
7 FOR YOURSELVES KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO IMITATE US: FOR WE BEHAVED NOT
OURSELVES DISORDERLY AMONG YOU; 8 NEITHER DID WE EAT BREAD FOR NOUGHT
AT ANY MAN'S HAND, BUT IN LABOR...
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Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with
labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to
any of you:
EAT ANY MAN'S BREAD - Greek, 'eat bread from any ma...
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Cp. 1 Thessalonians 2:9....
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EXHORTATIONS, REBUKES, AND BENEDICTION
2. Unreasonable] almost 'outrageous.' FAITH] better, 'the Faith.'...
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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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NEITHER. — They might have thought it possible to live on others
without incurring so serious a charge as “disorderliness.”
EAT ANY MAN’S BREAD. — Still more literally, _eat bread from any
man_ — _i.e...
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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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Injunctions upon church-life and order....
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Paul's practice of a trade and emphasis upon the moral discipline of
work are quite in keeping with the best Jewish traditions of the
period. Compare _e.g._, the saying of Gamaliel II. (_Kiddusch_. i....
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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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_Burthensome. By the Greek, he understands those who being idle, and
not keeping themselves employed, lead a disorderly life. (Witham)_...
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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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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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NEITHER DID WE EAT ANY MAN'S BREAD FOR NOUGHT.... Or freely, at free
cost, without paying for it; he signifies, that what they ate, they
bought with their own money, and lived on no man, without givin...
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Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour
and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of
you:
Ver. 8. _Any man's bread for nought_] But earned it be...
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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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NEITHER DID WE EAT ANY MAN'S BREAD FOR NAUGHT, BUT WROUGHT WITH LABOR
AND TRAVAIL NIGHT AND DAY THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE CHARGEABLE TO ANY OF
YOU;...
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A warning against disorderly conduct, with Paul's example of right
living:...
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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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“NEITHER DID WE EAT BREAD FOR NOUGHT AT ANY MAN'S HAND, BUT IN LABOR
AND TRAVAIL, WORKING NIGHT AND DAY, THAT WE MIGHT NOT BURDEN ANY OF
YOU”
“Eat bread”: “Is. Hebraism which means ‘to take food' and...
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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;
NEITHER DID WE EAT ANY MAN'S BREAD FOR NOUGHT: the apostle here gives
a particular positive instance of what before he speaks negatively,
and in general; and brings his discourse home to the p...
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neither did we eat bread for nought [gratis, without compensation] _at
any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that
we might not burden any of you_ [1 Thessalonians 2:9]:...
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Cyprian Epistle V
Let them also follow the example of the Apostle Paul, who, after
often-repeated imprisonment, after scourging, after exposures to wild
beasts, in everything continued meek and humbl...
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2 Thessalonians 3:8 nor G3761 eat G5315 (G5627) anyones G3844 G5100
bread G740 charge G1432 but G235 work
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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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FOR NOUGHT
(δωρεαν). Adverbial accusative, as a gift, gift-wise
(δωρεα, gift, from διδωμ). Same claim made to the
Corinthians (2 Corinthians 11:7), old word, in LXX, and papyri. He
lodged with Jason...
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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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INSTEAD, WE WORKED AND TOLLED. Compare note on Acts 18:3. Paul places
strong emphasis on the moral discipline of work....
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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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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 3:6 The Problem of Lazy
Christians. Paul instructs the Thessalonians to discipline those
refusing to work....
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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 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2
Corinthians 11:9;...
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Any man's bread [α ρ τ ο ν π α ρ α τ ι ν ο ς]. Lit.
bread from any one, or at any man's hand.
For nought [δ ω ρ ε α ν]. The word is a noun, meaning a gift.
See John 4:10; Acts 2:38; Romans 5:15. The a...