2 Thessalonians 3:1 KJV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2

1. Prayer for the missionaries 3:1-2 read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

A. Reciprocal prayer 3:1-5Paul requested the prayers of his readers and assured them of his prayers for them to strengthen their mutual bonds in Christ and in the gospel. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-15

V. EXHORTATIONS FOR FUTURE GROWTH 3:1-15Paul requested the Thessalonians’ prayers for him and assured them that he was praying for them. He also encouraged them to deal with problems that needed correction in their assembly. Obedience in these matters would result in continued growth toward maturity for these believers. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18

Exhortations, Rebukes, and Benediction2. Unreasonable] almost ’outrageous.’ Faith] better, ’the Faith.’3. Evil] RV ’the evil one.’5. Patient waiting for] better, ’the patience of.’6. Evidently disorder in the Church had increased since the First Epistle was written. Withdraw yourselves] or, ’shun.’8. Cp. 1 Thessalonians 2:9. 9. Power] better, ’the right.’ We have the right to be supported, but for the sake of example we waived it in your case (1 Corinthians 9:3-18). 11. Working not at all..... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Thessalonians 3:1

III.(1) Finally.—The practical portion is introduced in the same manner as in the First Epistle (1 Thessalonians 4:1), “for the rest,” “as to what I have yet to say.”Pray for us.—St. Chrysostom remarks: “Himself had prayed for them; now he asks them to pray for him.” How much of a Christian teacher’s power, increasing as time goes on, comes from the accumulation of intercession from his spiritual children! St. Paul leaves people praying for him everywhere (Romans 15:30; 2 Corinthians 1:11;... 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 3:1-5

Chapter 22MUTUAL INTERCESSION2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 (R.V.)THE main part of this letter is now finished. The Apostle has completed his teaching about the Second Advent, and the events which precede and condition it; and nothing remains to dispose of but some minor matters of personal and practical interest.He begins by asking again, as at the close of the First Epistle, the prayers of the Thessalonians for himself and his fellow workers. It was a strength and comfort to him, as to every minister... 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 3:1

3:1 Finally, {1} brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have [free] course, and be glorified, even as [it is] with you:(1) He adds now consequently according to his manner, various admonitions: the first of them is, that they pray for the increase and passage of the Gospel, and for the safety of the faithful ministers of it. 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