2 Thessalonians 3:7 KJV — MannaFest

2 Thessalonians 3:7

For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

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ASV

For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

WEB

For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,

YLT

for yourselves have known how it behoveth you to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you;

DBT

For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;

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2 Thessalonians — A short follow-up clarifying eschatology. The day of the Lord has not come; the man of lawlessness must first be revealed.

Author: Paul, with Silvanus and Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 51–52, from Corinth — months after 1 Thessalonians

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2 Thessalonians 3:6
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.
2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
1 Thessalonians 1:5
For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

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It is the duty of Christians not only to walk according to the traditions of the apostles, and the doctrines they preached, but also according to the good example they set before them, to be followers of them so far as they were followers of Christ.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), we did not spend our time idly, in idle visits, idle talk, idle sports." They took pains in their ministry, in preaching the gospel, and in getting their own living.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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2TH 3:71CO 11:1 PHP 3:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2TH 3:71CO 11:1 1TH 1:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2TH 3:71CO 11:1 EPH 5:1-2
2TH 3:71CO 11:1 1CO 4:16
2TH 3:71CO 11:1 HEB 6:12
2TH 3:72TH 3:6 2TH 3:10-11
2TH 3:72TH 3:6 COL 3:17
2TH 3:72TH 3:6 ROM 16:17

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