2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you avoid every brother who lives a lazy life and does not live according to the traditions you received from us.
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5May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of Christ.
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Matthew 18:17And if he refuses to listen to them, tell the matter to the church. If he also refuses to listen to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
1 Corinthians 5:4When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,
1 Corinthians 11:2Now I praise you because you remember me in everything. I praise you because you hold fast to the traditions just as I delivered them to you.
Ephesians 4:17Therefore, I say and insist on this in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds.
1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally, brothers, we encourage and exhort you in the Lord Jesus. As you received instructions from us about how you must walk and please God, also in this way walk, so that you do so even more.
1 Thessalonians 5:14We exhort you, brothers: Warn the disorderly, encourage the discouraged, help the weak, and be patient toward all.
Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 3:2-6
The Apostle's Pious Request. ( a. d. 52.) 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the… Read the whole commentary →