2 Thessalonians 3
Treated in 24 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 3:10 For even while we were with you, we gave you this instruction: "Anyone who will not work should not eat." 5
- 3:1 Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us: pray that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified everywhere, as it was among you, 3
- 3:3 But the Lord can be trusted: he will make you strong and guard you from the evil one. 3
- 3:6 Brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ we command you: keep your distance from any brother or sister who lives an undisciplined life, contrary to the tradition they received from us. 3
- 3:11 We hear that some among you are living undisciplined lives: they are not busy working, they are busy with everyone else's business. 3
- 3:12 We command such people, and we urge them in the Lord Jesus Christ, to go about their work quietly and to eat bread they have earned themselves. 3
- 3:2 and that we may be rescued from perverse and wicked people, for faith is not found in everyone. 2
- 3:5 May the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God and the endurance of Christ. 2
- 3:7 You know yourselves that you should imitate us. We did not live idly among you, 1
- 3:14 If anyone will not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person and have nothing to do with them, so that they will be ashamed. 1
- 3:15 But do not treat that person as an enemy; correct them as a brother or sister. 1
- 3:17 This greeting is in my own handwriting, Paul's. It is the sign of genuineness in every letter; this is how I write. 1
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- George Müller of Bristol ·
Appendix L: Church Fellowship, Baptism, etc. cites 2 Thess. iii. 6
…class of persons who walk disorderly, and, in that case, we ought to withdraw from them (2 Thess. iii. 6); or they do not walk disorderly. If a believer be walking disorderly, we are not merely…
- Communion with God ·
What it is wherein we have peculiar fellowship with the Lord Christ cites 2 Thess. iii. 17
…the Lord Christ — This is in grace — This proved, John i. 14, 16, 17; 2 Cor. xiii. 14; 2 Thess. iii. 17, 18 — Grace of various acceptations — Personal grace in Christ proposed to consideration…
- The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds ·
The Word and the Promiser cites 2 THESSALONIANS 3:1
…that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2 THESSALONIANS 3:1 He applied this to the parable of the sower. Why does so much seed fall on hard ground…
- With Christ in the School of Prayer ·
The Power of United Prayer cites 2 Thess. iii. 1
…for us too, that God may open unto us a door for the word.’ And to the Thessalonians (2 Thess. iii. 1) he writes: ‘Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be…
- Holiness ·
Unsearchable Riches cites 2 Thess. iii. 1
…that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.” (2 Thess. iii. 1, 2.) III. Let us now notice, in the last place, what St. Paul says of the great subject…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon III cites 2 Thess. iii. 2
…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 with God,” 1 Cor. i. 20 and Luke xv.…
- Old Paths ·
Justification! cites 2 Thess. iii. 2
…The visible Church contains unbelievers as well as believers. “All men have not faith.” (2 Thess. iii. 2.) True saving faith is not a mere matter of feeling. A man may have many good feelings…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites 2 Thes. iii. 3
…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…
- Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 4 ·
Conclusion: Standing Strong cites 2 Thessalonians 3:3
…“But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.” — 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (BSB)
- Old Paths ·
Perseverance cites 2 Thess. iii. 3
…v. 23, 24.) “The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.” (2 Thess. iii. 3.) “God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but…
- All Things for Good ·
An exhortation to love God cites 2 Thess. iii. 5
…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…
- Waiting on God ·
The Way to the New Song cites 2 Thess. 3: 5
…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…
- The Reformed Pastor ·
Section 1 — the Nature of This Oversight cites 2 Thessalonians 3.6
…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…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites 2 Thess. 3:6
…disorderly among the Thessalonians, though chastised, are still invited to repentance (2 Thess. 3:6). Not even is Simon Magus thrown into despair. He is rather told to hope, since Peter…
- The Ministry of Intercession ·
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…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
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…
- Practical Religion ·
The World cites 2 Thess. iii. 10
…is a remedy against temptation. "If any man will not work, neither shall he eat." (2 Thess. iii. 10.) To give up any business of life, which is not necessarily sinful, to the wicked and the…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 16 — Pædobaptism cites 2 Thess. 3:10
…of food, on the presence that the apostle permits none to eat but those who labour (2 Thess. 3:10), would he not deserve to be scouted by all? Why so? Because that which was said of a…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites 2 Thess 3: 11
…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…
- The Ten Commandments ·
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…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 12 — Of the Discipline of the Church, and Its Principal Use in Censures and Excommunication cites 2 Thess. 3:14
…by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed” (2 Thess. 3:14). Again, when he says that he had delivered the Corinthian to Satan, “that the spirit may…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Discourse 4 cites 2 Thes. 3:15
…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…
- Faithful With Little ·
Made to Work, Called to Keep cites 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
…Christ, to go about their work quietly and to eat bread they have earned themselves.” (2 Thessalonians 3:10-12) That is not cruelty to people who cannot work. The same Bible commands generous care for…
- The Life of Trust ·
Stewardship cites 2 Thess. iii. 10-12
…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…