We command and exhort (παραγγελλομεν κα παρακαλουμεν). Paul asserts his authority as an apostle and pleads as a man and minister.<…

Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus, etc. A more solemn command and appeal to do what he had before enjoined on…

We command—This is the fourth time this severe word is used in this chapter. Perhaps “we order” might convey the meaning even more…

The best bread and the sweetest is our own. We are to work for it. We are to work with quietness. I suppose to some that is very hard work, but the…

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…

Now we command such. He corrects both of the faults he had mentioned—a blustering restlessness and withdrawal from useful employment. Acco…

Now them that are such
For this was not the case and character of them all. Did such practices generally obtain, no …

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…