2 Thessalonians 3:6 NIV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Thessalonians 3:6

(6) We command you.—The practical conclusion of the letter. These words take up the expression in 2 Thessalonians 3:4, “Ye will do the things which (at any time) we command you; now the thing which we command you is this.”In the name of our Lord.—To do anything in a person’s name seems to mean, in the first instance, the actual pronouncing of the name in the performance of the action—to do it name on lip, just as to “come in a rod” (1 Corinthians 4:21) literally means rod in hand. Thus,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18

Patience 2 Thessalonians 3:5 'The patience of Christ.' It is so the phrase runs in our R.V. as also in the margin of the A.V., in place of the A.V. 'patient waiting for Christ'. The phrase once spoken is felt to be inevitable; Paul could not have written otherwise. Patience is so truly the word of the Christ life. We have all traced, as St. John does, in the features of the Christ before High Priest or Pilate and on the cross, the likeness of the suffering Servant of Jehovah, who bore our... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Chapter 23THE CHRISTIAN WORTH OF LABOUR2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 (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 tone; the Apostle writes with much greater severity on this than on the earlier occasion. Entreaty is displaced by command; considerations of propriety, the appeal to the good name of the church, by the appeal to the authority of Christ; and good counsel by express directions for Christian discipline.... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18

III. THANKSGIVING, PRAYER, EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTERS 2:13-3:18 1. Thanksgiving and prayer (2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 ) 2. Prayer for the Word and for deliverance (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 ) 3. Exhortations (2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 ) 4. Conclusions (2 Thessalonians 3:16-18 ) 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 What blessed reasons are stated here to give thanks to God for what He has done for us and for all who believe! Brethren, beloved of the Lord, this is what believers are. Chosen we are to... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Thessalonians 3:6

3:6 {5} 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.(5) Fourthly, he says that idle and lazy persons ought not to be supported by the Church; indeed, they are not to be endured. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18

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 glorified, and secondly on the negative side, that they might be delivered from the oppression of unreasonable and wicked men, for all men had not faith, as indeed his previous reference to "the son of perdition" had fully shown. But it is precious to think of the apostle's so valuing the prayers of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18

CONCLUSION The concluding chapter consists of an exhortation to pray for its author (2 Thessalonians 3:1-2 ), an expression of his confidence in the faithfulness of those he is addressing (2 Thessalonians 3:3-5 ); a command to them concerning their separation from the unfaithful (2 Thessalonians 3:6-11 ); a command to the unfaithful themselves (2 Thessalonians 3:12-15 ), a benediction and a superscription (2 Thessalonians 3:16-18 ). There is but one thing for which Paul would have them pray on... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12

(6) ¶ 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. (7) For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; (8) 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: (9) Not because we have not power, but to make... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 3:6

Charge, or declare; or by the Greek, we command. --- In the name of our Lord. This may signify a separation by excommunication. (Witham) --- That you withdraw, &c. St. John Chrysostom upon this place, St. Augustine, Theophylactus, and others understand St. Paul as speaking of a kind of excommunication. But St. John Chrysostom on ver. 13. and 14. seems to restrain its meaning to a prohibition for the guilty to speak to any body, unless they spoke to him, if their conversation tended to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

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, which would consume what is meant to encourage the industrious, and to support the sick and afflicted. Industry in our callings as men, is a duty required by our calling as Christians. But some expected to be maintained in idleness, and indulged a curious and conceited temper. They meddled with... read more