Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
2 Thessalonians 3:11
Working not at all, but are busy-bodies.— The original is, Not working, but going about as busy-bodies: not only idle, but officious; vices, which frequently accompany each other.
Working not at all, but are busy-bodies.— The original is, Not working, but going about as busy-bodies: not only idle, but officious; vices, which frequently accompany each other.
Verse 11. _FOR WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME_] It is very likely that St. Paul kept up some sort of correspondence with the Thessalonian Church; for he had _heard_ every thing that concerned their state...
FOR WE HEAR - It is not known in what way this was made known to Paul, whether by Timothy, or by some other one. He had no doubt of its truth, and he seems to have been prepared to believe it the more...
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)...
SOME. App-124. NOT AT ALL. (in) nothing. Greek. _medeis._ ARE BUSYBODIES. Greek. _periergazomai,_ to be busy about useless matters....
_For we hear that_there are _some which walk among you disorderly_ Rather, WE HEAR OF SOME WALKING, &c. It was not simply that the Apostle heard that there were such people at Thessalonica; he knew ab...
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...
ἈΚΟΎΟΜΕΝ ΓΆΡ ΤΙΝΑΣ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟΥ͂ΝΤΑΣ ἘΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν�. _For we hear of certain persons walking amongst you in disorderly fashion_. On the last word, see. 2 Thessalonians 3:6. Ἐν ὑμῖν (cf. οὐκ ἠτακτήσαμεν ἐν ὑμῖ...
§ 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...
ΆΚΟΎΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟΎΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) работать над чемл., тратить энергию, суетиться. Здесь Павел использует игру слов: "те, кто...
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 3:11) 11 FOR WE HEAR OF SOME THAT WALK AMONG YOU DISORDERLY, THAT WORK NOT AT ALL, BUT ARE BUSYBODIES. Translation and Paraphrase 11. (We repeat our command about working,) fo...
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. BUSYBODIES. In the Greek [ meeden (G3367) ergazomenous (G2038) alla (G235) periergazomen...
3:11 busybodies. (a-17) Meddling in others' affairs....
EXHORTATIONS, REBUKES, AND BENEDICTION 2. Unreasonable] almost 'outrageous.' FAITH] better, 'the Faith.'...
WORKING NOT AT ALL.. BUSY-BODIES] i.e. neglecting their own work (in view of a supposed immediate Advent), but interfering with that of others....
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 WE HEAR. — Explaining how St. Paul came to speak upon the topic at all. Hitherto he has only been giving directions, without saying why. News had been brought back, no doubt, by the bearers of the...
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....
The γάρ goes back to 2 Thessalonians 3:6. “Whereas I am told that some of your number are behaving in a disorderly fashion, not busy but busybodies,” fussy and officious, doing anything but attending...
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 we hear that there are some which walk among (7) you disorderly, working not at all, (8) but are busybodies. (7) How great a fault idleness is, he declares in that God created no man in vain or to...
(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...
11_We hear that there are some among you_. It is probable that this kind of drones were, as it were, the seed of idle monkhood. For, from the very beginning, there were some who, under pretext of reli...
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 WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME,.... This is the reason of the order or command given in 2 Thessalonians 3:6 for withdrawing from disorderly persons. When the apostle was with them, he observed that t...
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Ver. 11. _Working not at all_] But making religion a mask for idleness; whose whole life is to...
_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...
BUSYBODIES; neglecting their own business and meddling with that which does not belong to them....
FOR WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME WHICH WALK AMONG YOU DISORDERLY, WORKING NOT AT ALL, BUT ARE BUSYBODIES....
A warning against disorderly conduct, with Paul's example of right living:...
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 WE HEAR OF SOME THAT WALK AMONG YOU DISORDERLY, THAT WORK NOT AT ALL, BUT ARE BUSYBODIES” “For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly”: Paul was dealing with concrete and specific instan...
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; FOR WE HEAR: the apostle gives the reason of this discourse he fell into about disorder, and commends, yea, commands, a remedy against it. He had heard of this disorderly walking, else his dis...
For we hear [probably by the returning messenger who carried his first epistle] _of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies_. [A paranomasia, or play on words; "w...
2 Thessalonians 3:11 For G1063 hear G191 (G5719) some G5100 walk G4043 (G5723) among G1722 you G5213
2 Thessalonians 3:11. For. Paul gives his reason for introducing this subject at all. And he further defines ‘walking disorderly.' He leaves no doubt as to the persons about whom he speaks. They were...
_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...
FOR WE HEAR (ακουομεν γαρ). Fresh news from Thessalonica evidently. For the present tense compare 1 Corinthians 11:18. The accusative and the participle is a regular idiom for indirect discourse wit...
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...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6 The Problem of Lazy Christians. Paul instructs the Thessalonians to discipline those refusing to work....
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:11 NOT BUSY AT WORK, BUT BUSYBODIES. See 1 Timothy 5:13....
_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 Peter 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Timothy 5:13; 2 Thessalonians 3:6...
Working not at all - busybodies [μ η δ ε ν ε ρ γ α ζ ο μ ε ν ο υ ς - π ε ρ ι ε ρ γ α ζ ο μ ε ν ο υ ς]. One of Paul's frequent wordplays. See on reprobate mind, Romans 1:28. Not busy, but busybodies. P...
Doing nothing, but being busybodies — To which idleness naturally disposes....