Be not weary [ε ν τ ρ α π η]. With one exception, Luke 13:1, only in Paul. To faint or lose heart.
Well doing [κ α λ ο π ο ι ο υ ν τ ε ς]. N. T. o. According to the Greek idiom, doing well, be not weary. Not limited to works of charity, but including Christian conduct generally, as, for instance, steadily attending to their own business, ver. 12.
Verse 13. _BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING._] While ye stretch out no hand of relief to the _indolent_ and _lazy_, do not forget the _real_ _poor_-the genuine representatives of an impoverished Christ; and...
BUT YE, BRETHREN, BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING - Margin, “faint not.” The Greek means, properly, to turn out a coward; then to be faint-hearted, to despond. The idea is, that they were not to be discour...
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...
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...
A FINAL WORD (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5)...
BE... WEARY. faint. Greek. _ekkakeo._ See 2 Corinthians 4:1. IN WELL DOING. Greek. _kalopoieo_. Only here. Compare Galatians 1:6; Galatians 1:9....
_But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing_ From this do-nothing, or ill-doing fraction of the Church the Apostle turns to the rest, who were busy in "well-doing," and bids them persevere. Comp. ch...
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...
ΕΝΚΑΚΗΣΗΤΕ in B* (εγκ-אA 37 39 47), ενκακειτε in D*; εκκακησητε in D cGKLP &c., with εκκακειτε in Dam. Cf. note on ενκαυχασθαι, 2 Thessalonians 1:4. 13. ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ ΔΈ, ἈΔΕΛΦΟΊ, ΜῊ ἘΝΚΑΚΉΣΗΤΕ ΚΑΛΟΠΟΙΟΥ͂ΝΤΕ...
§ 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...
ΈΓΚΑΚΉΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΓΚΑΚΈΩ (G1573) плохо себя вести, унывать, елабеть (RWP). _Aor. conj._ используется с отр. ΜΗ (G3361) в запрете еще не начавшегося действия; _aor._ является inch. (RG...
BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING.— _Faint not,_ nor be discouraged _while_ you are engaged in a course of _well-doing:_ though some may abuse your liberality, be not deterred thereby from works of charity....
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 3:13) 13 BUT YE, BRETHREN, BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING. Translation and Paraphrase 13. But (we must say to all of) you, brethren, do not become weary in doing good. NOTES (2...
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. BE NOT WEARY. 'Aleph (') A B read [ engkakeeseete (G1457a)] 'be not cowardly in;' be not wanting in strenousness in doing well: with patient industry a...
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...
BUT YE, BRETHREN. — The last verse was addressed to all those whose consciences would prick them on hearing it read at the Eucharist. Now the writer turns to the orderly brethren, as quite a distinct...
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...
Injunctions upon church-life and order....
ὑμεῖς δέ, whoever else drops out of the ranks of industrious, steady Christians. μὴ ἐγκ., implying that they had not begun to grow slack (Moulton, 122 f.). Perhaps with a special allusion to the prese...
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...
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE FAITHFUL Despite the fact that some had been lazy, Paul encouraged Christians to continue in all good works which were in accord with God's will. As Lipscomb says, "Nothing disco...
(10) But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. (10) We must take heed that the unworthiness of some men does not cause us to be slack in well-doing....
(13) But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. (14) And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. (15) Yet count him not as...
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...
_WITHOUT WEARINESS_ ‘But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.’ 2 Thessalonians 3:13 Who is there that has ever done work for Christ who has not felt the importance of this precept? I. CAUSES...
13_And you, brethren_. Ambrose is of opinion that this is added lest the rich should, in a niggardly spirit, refuse to lend their aid to the poor, because he had exhorted them to _eat every one his ow...
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...
BUT YE, BRETHREN,.... The rest of the members of the church, who were diligent and industrious in their callings, minded their own business, and did not trouble themselves with other men's matters, to...
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. Ver. 13. _Be not weary in well doing_] No, not to those disorderly (and therefore less worthy) walkers, if in extreme necessity, or if thereby ye may win...
_But ye, brethren_ Who are not guilty of these, and such like miscarriages; _be not weary in well-doing_ In pursuing that line of conduct which is reputable and useful, which brings glory to God, and...
The apostle once more urges church discipline:...
BUT YE, BRETHREN, BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING....
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...
BE NOT WEARY: Or, faint not...
“BUT YE, BRETHREN, BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING” “But ye, brethren”: Paul now addresses and exhorts the majority in the congregation who were not being idle. “BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING”: The bad exam...
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...
OLBGrk; BUT YE, BRETHREN: the apostle now directs his speech to those of the church that were not guilty of the disorders before mentioned, to whom he speaks in mild and familiar language, as if the o...
But ye [who stand in contrast to the disorderly], _brethren, be not weary_ [lose not heart] _in well-doing_. [A general exhortation as to all well-doing. As applied to the parasites, it might mean tha...
2 Thessalonians 3:13 But G1161 you G5210 brethren G80 do G1573 not G3361 weary G1573 (G5661) good G2569
_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...
2 Thessalonians 3:13. BUT YE, BRETHREN. Ye on whom I rely (2 Thessalonians 3:4), and who have not ceased to labour. BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING. Do not be tempted to imitate the fanatical idleness of...
BUT YE, BRETHREN, BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING (υμεις δε, αδελφοι, μη ενκακησητε καλοποιουντες). Emphatic position of υμεις in contrast to these piddlers. Μη and the aorist subjunctive is a prohibitio...
2 Thessalonians 3:13 Perseverance. I. There is a very great inclination in certain stages of society, and certain periods of our life, to feel a kind of contempt for perseverance. Mere patient labour...
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...
MUST NOT GET TIRED OF DOING GOOD. Hard-working, dependable Christians are not to covet the idle life of the _lazy loafers. "Don't let evil men worry you; don't be envious of them. A wicked man has no...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:13 DO NOT GROW WEARY IN DOING GOOD. Paul encourages those with money to continue being charitable, though only to those who are deserving....
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 3:13. BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING.—Such bad behaviour under cover of the Christian name is abhorrent to St. Paul. “The loveliness of perfect deeds” mus...
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 Corinthians 15:28; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 4:16;...
Observe here, 1. How far St. Paul was from the censoriousness and uncharitableness of those men who condemn. whole society,. communion,. church in general, for the miscarriages of some particular pers...