2 Thessalonians 3:11 BSB

2 Thessalonians 3:11

Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

KJV

For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

LETTERS 83.7 (444)

There are some other men going about, as they say, pretending only to devote themselves to prayer and doing no work, making piety a pretext for cowardice and a means of gaining a living, but not thinking rightly. Let them say that they are better even than the holy apostles who worked when opportunity gave them time for it, and they were exhausted for the word of God. How did they miss reading the holy Paul writing to certain people, "For I hear that some among you are living irregularly, doing no work but busy at meddling."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Industry in our particular callings as men is a duty required of us by our general calling as Christians. Or perhaps the general charity there was then among Christians to their poor brethren encouraged some to live in idleness, as knowing the church would maintain them: whatever was the cause, they were much to blame.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 readily from what he saw when he was among them. Which walk disorderly - See the notes, 2Th 3:6. But are busy-bodies - Compare the 1Ti 5:13 note; 1Pe 4:15 note.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀκούομεν	Akouomen	We hear	G191 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
τινας	tinas	some	G5100 →
περιπατοῦντας	peripatountas	are walking	G4043 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
ἀτάκτως,	ataktōs	idly,	G814 →
μηδὲν	mēden	not at all	G3367 →
ἐργαζομένους	ergazomenous	working	G2038 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
περιεργαζομένους.¶	periergazomenous	being busybodies.	G4020 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G2038ergazomenousworking41×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
1 Thessalonians 4:11
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 4:6
  Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- Ephesians 4:28
  He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
- 1 Peter 3:4
  but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
- Titus 3:14
  And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.
- Proverbs 17:1
  Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Through
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10–11
  For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7
  For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
- Colossians 3:17
  And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 2 Thessalonians

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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