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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...
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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...
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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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BE... WEARY. faint. Greek. _ekkakeo._ See 2 Corinthians 4:1.
IN WELL DOING. Greek. _kalopoieo_. Only here. Compare Galatians 1:6;
Galatians 1:9....
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_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...
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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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§ 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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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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(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...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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The apostle once more urges church discipline:...
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BUT YE, BRETHREN, BE NOT WEARY IN WELL-DOING....
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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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BE NOT WEARY:
Or, faint not...
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“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...
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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;
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...
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 3:13 But G1161 you G5210 brethren G80 do G1573 not
G3361 weary G1573 (G5661) good G2569
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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....
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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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_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...
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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 15:28; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2
Corinthians 4:16;...
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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 we...
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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...