Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Thessalonians 3:6
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6. we command you —Hereby he puts to a particular test their obedience in general to his commands, which obedience he had recognized in :- . withdraw —literally, "to furl the sails"; as we say, to steer clear of (compare 2 Thessalonians 3:14 ). Some had given up labor as though the Lord's day was immediately coming. He had enjoined mild censure of such in 2 Thessalonians 3:14- : , " Warn . . . the unruly"; but now that the mischief had become more confirmed, he enjoins stricter discipline, namely, withdrawal from their company (compare 1 Corinthians 5:11 ; 2 John 1:10 ; 2 John 1:11 ): not a formal sentence of excommunication, such as was subsequently passed on more heinous offenders (as in 1 Corinthians 5:5 ; 1 Timothy 1:20 ). He says "brother," that is, professing Christian; for in the case of unprofessing heathen, believers needed not be so strict ( 1 Timothy 1:20- : ). disorderly —Paul plainly would not have sanctioned the order of Mendicant Friars, who reduce such a "disorderly" and lazy life to a system. Call it not an order, but a burden to the community (BENGEL, alluding to the Greek, 1 Timothy 1:20- : , for "be chargeable," literally, "be a burden"). the tradition —the oral instruction which he had given to them when present ( 1 Timothy 1:20- : ), and subsequently committed to writing ( 1 Thessalonians 4:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:12 ). which he received of us —Some oldest manuscripts read, " ye received"; others, " they received." The English Version reading has no very old authority. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"
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