2 Thessalonians 3:7

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6Now we enjoin you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the instruction which he received from us.

8nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you:

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Cross References

Proverbs 31:18She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.

1 Corinthians 11:1Be my imitators, even as *I* also [am] of Christ.

Philippians 4:9What ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these things do; and the God of peace shall be with you.

1 Thessalonians 2:10*Ye* [are] witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe:

2 Thessalonians 3:9not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.

Titus 2:7in all things affording thyself as a pattern of good works; in teaching uncorruptedness, gravity,

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 3:7-16

Cautions to the Disorderly. ( a. d. 52.) 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. 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9 Not because we have not power, but… Read the whole commentary →

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