2 Thessalonians 3

Treated in 11 passages across the library.

  • 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ. 2
  • 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. 2
  • 3:11 For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. 2
  • 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 2
  • 3:2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for all have not faith. 1
  • 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil [one]. 1
  • 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 they received of us. 1
  • 3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 1
  • 3:15 And [yet] count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 1

American Standard Version

  1. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Sermon III cites 2 Thess. iii. 2

    …ut it, till he be converted.—The scripture saith, “That the wicked are unreasonable men,” 2 Thess. iii. 2. and, “That the wisdom of the world is foolishness 111 with God,” 1 Cor. i. 20 and Luke x…

  2. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites 2 Thes. iii. 3

    …ling or not, Christ is able to keep us from falling. 2 Chron. xxxii. 7, 8; Romans xiv. 4; 2 Thes. iii. 3, are also good texts to use. 1 Cor. x. 13 is especially useful when one is afraid that so…

  3. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    An exhortation to love God cites 2 Thess. iii. 5

    …e uses this expression in his prayer, “The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God” (2 Thess. iii. 5). He knew this grace of love would nurse and cherish all the graces. (16). The great bene…

  4. Waiting on God · Andrew Murray

    The Way to the New Song cites 2 Thess. 3: 5

    …el as if patience is not your gift, then remember it is God's gift, and take that prayer (2 Thess. 3: 5 R.V.): 'The Lord direct your hearts into the patience of Christ.' Into the patience with …

  5. The Reformed Pastor · Richard Baxter

    Section 1 — the Nature of This Oversight cites 2 Thessalonians 3.6

    …s 2.11,14) and if they repent not, we must avoid them, and with such not so much as eat, (2 Thessalonians 3.6, 11, 12, 14; 1 Corinthians 5:11-13.) ‘Having heard of the scandalous conduct of A. B. of …

  6. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    Paul a Pattern of Prayer cites 2 Thess. iii. 7–9

    …1), “Be ye followers of me, even as I am of Christ”; Phil, iii. 17, iv. 9; 1 Thess. i. 6; 2 Thess. iii. 7–9. If Paul, as a pattern of prayer, is not as much studied or appealed to as he is in other…

  7. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    By the Sweat of Your Brow cites 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12

    … we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10–12). This is not harshness against the poor. The Bible commands us to care for the widow, th…

  8. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites 2 Thess 3: 11

    …nd and exhort by our Lord Jesus, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.’ 2 Thess 3: 11. A Christian must not only mind heaven, but his calling. While the pilot has his eye to t…

  9. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.8 The Eighth Commandment cites 2 Thess 3: 12

    …faith, they live by their shifts. The apostle exhorts that ‘every man eat his own bread.’ 2 Thess 3: 12. The thief does not eat his own bread, but another’s. If there be any who are guilty of t…

  10. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 4 cites 2 Thes. 3:15

    …unt him not,” saith the Apostle elsewhere, “as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother;” (2 Thes. 3:15; ) plainly showing that even in such a case as this we are not to renounce all fellowship…

  11. The Life of Trust · George Müller

    Stewardship cites 2 Thess. iii. 10-12

    …ord’s will concerning us. This is plain from the following passages: 1 Thess. iv. 11, 12; 2 Thess. iii. 10-12; Eph. iv. 28. It is quite true that, in general, the Lord provides the necessaries of lif…