# 2 Thessalonians 03 📖: Work and Do Not Grow Weary [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-2 Thessalonians Overview]] | [[2 Thessalonians 02]] | [[1 Timothy 01]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) #### Request for Prayer **Principle**: [[#Verse 01.]] Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, that the Lord’s message may spread quickly and be honored as in fact it was among you,  [[#Verse 02.]] and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil people. For not all have faith.  [[#Verse 03.]] But the Lord is faithful, and hewill strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.  [[#Verse 04.]] And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing—and will do—what we are commanding.  [[#Verse 05.]] Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ. #### Response to the Undisciplined **Principle**: [[#Verse 06.]] But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.  [[#Verse 07.]] For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,  [[#Verse 08.]] and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.  [[#Verse 09.]] It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.  [[#Verse 10.]] For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”  [[#Verse 11.]] For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life,not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.  [[#Verse 12.]] Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.  [[#Verse 13.]] But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.  [[#Verse 14.]] But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.  [[#Verse 15.]] Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. #### Conclusion **Principle**: [[#Verse 16.]] Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.  [[#Verse 17.]] I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter.  [[#Verse 18.]] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. [[#Verse 18]] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### 18. ###### Verse 18. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. "Spread quickly" (3:1) literally means "run," echoing Psalm 147:15 where God's word runs swiftly. 2. Some may have stopped working because they believed the Lord's return was very near, though scholars also point to dependence on wealthy patrons. 3. Paul had the right to receive support but chose to work to set an example (3:9; 1 Corinthians 9:14-15). 4. "Undisciplined" (3:6, 11) uses the military word for soldiers out of rank, also found in 1 Thessalonians 5:14. 5. There is a wordplay in 3:11: some are not busy working but are busybodies. 6. Paul ends by writing the greeting in his own hand as a sign of genuineness (3:17). 7. Church discipline here aims at restoration: do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother (3:15). 8. Many Greeks looked down on manual labor, but Paul worked night and day with his own hands (3:8). 9. Jewish teachers often learned a trade, and Paul learned tentmaking (Acts 18:3). 10. Paul closes with a blessing of grace for "all of you" (3:18), including those he had just corrected. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the faithful Lord who will strengthen and protect us from the evil one (3:3). Paul prays that He will direct our hearts toward God's love and Christ's endurance (3:5), and he urges us to fix our eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2). ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. Paul asks for prayer that the word of the Lord would spread quickly (3:1). Who can you pray for to share the gospel boldly? 2. "If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat" (3:10). How do we apply this with both conviction and compassion? 3. Paul says not to grow weary in doing what is right (3:13). Where are you tempted to quit? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 3: The Lord is faithful. He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. - 📖 verse 5: May the Lord direct your hearts toward God's love and Christ's endurance. - 📖 verse 10: If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat. - 📖 verse 13: Do not grow weary in doing what is right. ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 [[Psalm 147#Verse 15.|Psalm 147:15]] - His word runs swiftly. - 🔗 [[1 Corinthians 09#Verse 14.|1 Corinthians 9:14-15]] - Paul did not use his right to support. - 🔗 [[Acts 20#Verse 34.|Acts 20:34-35]] - Paul worked to help the weak. - 🔗 [[Galatians 06#Verse 09.|Galatians 6:9]] - Do not grow weary in doing good. - 🔗 [[Ephesians 04#Verse 28.|Ephesians 4:28]] - Work so you can share with those in need. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[2 Thessalonians 03 - SOAP|Where Is God Leading Us?]] ## 📂 Internal Notes