{"id":6209,"date":"2022-02-28T11:31:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T17:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2023-03-21T09:01:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:01:20","slug":"2-thessalonians-36-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=6209","title":{"rendered":"2 Thessalonians 3:6-15"},"content":{"rendered":"

6\u00a0<\/sup>But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7\u00a0<\/sup>For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8\u00a0<\/sup>nor did we eat anyone\u2019s bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

9\u00a0<\/sup>not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

10\u00a0<\/sup>For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

11\u00a0<\/sup>For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

12\u00a0<\/sup>Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

13\u00a0<\/sup>But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

14\u00a0<\/sup>And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

15\u00a0<\/sup>Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

withdraw (v.6) \u2014 used of the furling of a sail \u2014 shrinking away from a person or thing (used in the same sense in Galatians 2:12<\/span><\/a>).<\/h3>\n

walks (v.6) \u2014 referring to all the activities of life<\/h3>\n

disorderly (v.6, 7, and 11) \u2014 a military term for being out of rank, insubordinate<\/h3>\n

traditions which he received from us (v.6) \u2014 see explanation in post on 2 Thessalonians 2:15<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

you yourselves know (v.7) \u2014 knowledge received by observation<\/h3>\n

you ought to follow us (v.7) \u2014 In 1 Thessalonians 1:6<\/span><\/a>, Paul referred to how the Thessalonians followed him for salvation. Now he told them to continue following him in order to walk correctly<\/h3>\n

eat anyone’s bread (v.8) \u2014 a synecdoche for “were maintained,” “were taken care of” \u2014 Paul was contrasting his behavior with those in the church who were living off others<\/h3>\n

with labor and toil night and day (v.8) \u2014 toil resulting in weariness \u2014\u00a0 Paul was probably tentmaking at night and ministering during the day \u2014 Acts 18:3<\/span><\/a>; Acts 20:34-35<\/span><\/a>; 1 Thessalonians 2:9<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

right (v.9) = an inherent and self-evident freedom and authority. As an apostle, Paul had the freedom and authority to demand that the Thessalonians take care of his needs, but he didn’t. He worked for his keep as an example to them.<\/h3>\n

for even (v.10) \u2014 Even before Paul wrote the first epistle. Perhaps he had observed the tendency of some in the church to be idle and allow others to take care of them, and that may have been why he worked for his own keep.<\/h3>\n

will not work (v.10) \u2014 refuses to work, is not willing to work<\/h3>\n

neither shall he eat (v.10) \u2014 Paul was forbidding the mistaken charity that encourages indolence and degrades those who receive it.<\/h3>\n

not working at all, but are busybodies<\/span> (v.11) \u2014 the play upon words used cannot be reproduced in a literal translation though it may be attempted in a paraphrase, such as “some that are not busy people, but are busybodies,” or “some that are not busy in their own business but are over-busy in other people’s business.” This figure of speech is called paronomasia<\/em>, and is used to give “cheerful liveliness to the language, or greater emphasis to the thought.” It is of frequent occurrence in Paul’s epistles. \u2014 Vine, page 134.<\/span><\/h3>\n

we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ (v.12) \u2014 again exercising his apostolic authority and referring to the Lord as the one who gave him that authority<\/h3>\n

work in quietness (v.12) \u2014 see 1<\/span> Thessalonians<\/span> 4:11<\/span><\/a> \u2014 In contrast with the noisiness of the busybodies<\/span> <\/span><\/h3>\n

In commanding them to follow him by working, we see a dispensational difference. While here on earth ministering to the Jews (Matthew 15:24<\/span><\/a>) the Lord told His\u00a0<\/i>followers to\u00a0quit\u00a0<\/i>their jobs (Matthew 4:18-19<\/span><\/a>; Luke 5:27). This was because the Lord preached \u201cthe kingdom of heaven is at hand\u201d (Matthew 4:17<\/span><\/a>), and He meant the kingdom in which Israel would be a kingdom of priests (Exodus 19:6). And what do we know about priests? The priests, the Levites, had no inheritance in the promised land (Deuteronomy 18:1), no way of supporting themselves other than the tithes of the other 11 tribes. But in the kingdom of heaven on earth, all Jews will be priests (Isaiah 66:20) and live off the support of the tithes of the Gentiles (Isaiah 61:6). This\u00a0<\/i>is why the Lord told His followers to quit their jobs, to be ready to be priests in the kingdom.<\/span><\/h3>\n

But Paul says that we are to follow the Lord as he followed Him (1 Corinthians 11:1<\/span><\/a>). To follow the Lord today you have to keep working in order to have \u201clack of nothing\u201d (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12<\/span><\/a>). This too is a dispensational difference. God has never wanted His children to lack for the basic necessities of food and clothing (1 Timothy 6:8<\/span><\/a>), but the means by which we obtain these things has changed. To have \u201clack of nothing\u201d in Moses\u2019 day, you had to collect manna (Exodus 16:15-18; Deuteronomy 29:5). When the Lord sent the 12 out to preach without provisions, they didn\u2019t lack (Luke 22:35), since the people they ministered to supported them as He said they would. At Pentecost they had no lack because they pooled their resources (Acts 4:34-35<\/span><\/a>). But to have no lack in the dispensation of grace, you have to go to work! \u2014 Kurth<\/span><\/h3>\n

But as for you, brethren (v.13) \u2014 speaking to the orderly members of the church<\/h3>\n

if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle<\/span> (v.14) \u2014 The exhortation of 1 Thessalonians 4:11<\/span><\/a> had been disregarded by some who, perhaps, claimed to be better exponents of the apostle’s mind than the recognized leaders of the church, and who refused to acknowledge the authority of a letter. With such the apostle deals explicitly, the letter had all the authority of the spoken word. \u2014 Vine, page 135.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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note that person (v.14) \u2014 continuous tense, suggesting that no hasty conclusion was to be drawn from an act, but that the course and general conduct was to be observed. \u2014 Vine, page 135.<\/span><\/h3>\n

do not keep company with him (v.14) = do not mingle with and among, do not hold free intercourse with (see 1 Corinthians 5:9, 11<\/span><\/a>, where the word is used in the same sense)<\/h3>\n

as a brother (v.15) \u2014 because he is a brother. The goal was to restore the disorderly person to right thinking and right behavior, not to punish him or drive him away<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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