And if any one obeyeth not our word by this epistle (ε δε τις ουχ υπακουε τω λογω ημων δια της επιστολης). Paul sums up the issue …

And if any man does not obey our word by this epistle, Margin, or signify that man by an epistle. According to the marginal readi…

And if anyone— This is an appeal to the right-minded, not only to persevere themselves, but to join with the overseers of their ch…

This kind of Christian discipline ought to be carried out still, in reference not only to this one case of busybodies, but to all other cases. When…

Paul now describes specifically how the Thessalonian Christians should deal with loafers who disobey his instructions. First, they are urged to kee…

If any one obeys not. He has already declared previously that he commands nothing but from the Lord. Therefore, the person who wo…

And if any man obey not our word
Of command, to work quietly, and eat his own bread, now signified "by this epistle"…

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…