For we hear (ακουομεν γαρ). Fresh news from Thessalonica evidently. For the present tense compare 1 Corinthians 11:18.…

For we hear. It is not known how this was made known to Paul, whether by Timothy or by some other person. He had no doubt of its truth, an…

For we hear — This phrase explains why Paul addresses this topic. Previously, he had only been giving instructions without stating…

Not doing their own business, and therefore putting their noses into everybody else's business. If they had minded their own affairs, they would ha…

Here the previously given rule (v.10) is repeated because of reports that the problem of loafing had recurred. People who came from Thessalonica to…

We hear that there are some among you. It is probable that this kind of drone was, as it were, the seed of idle monkhood. For, from the ve…

For we hear that there are some
This is the reason of the order or command given in (2 Thessalonians 3:6…

Those who have received the gospel are to live according to the gospel. Those who could work, and would not, were not to be maintained in idleness.…

1. Previously, the Apostle showed by his own example what he taught them: that they should not be burdensome but should work. Here, he shows…