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2 Thessalonians 3:13
13But as for you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing good.
2 Thessalonians 3:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
- New International Version (NIV)And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good.
Context of 2 Thessalonians 3:13
11For we hear that there are some among you who are idle. They are not busy but busybodies. 12Now we command and exhort such people by the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and provide for themselves. But as for you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing good. 14If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take note of that person; don’t associate with him, so that he may be ashamed. 15Yet don’t consider him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
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ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, μὴ ἐγκακήσητε καλοποιοῦντες.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 3:13
- Isaiah 40:30Youths may become faint and weary, and young men stumble and fall,
- Malachi 1:13You also say, ‘Look, what a nuisance! ’ And you scorn it,” says the Lord of Armies. “You bring stolen, lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the Lord.
- Romans 2:7eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality;
- 1 Corinthians 15:28When everything is subject to Christ, then the Son himself will also be subject to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.
- Galatians 6:9Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.
- Philippians 1:9And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1Additionally then, brothers and sisters, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received instruction from us on how you should live and please God — as you are doing — do this even more.
- Hebrews 12:3For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you won’t grow weary and give up.
- Deuteronomy 20:8The officers will continue to address the army and say, ‘Is there any man who is afraid or cowardly? Let him leave and return home, so that his brothers won’t lose heart as he did.’
- Psalms 27:13I am certain that I will see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives strength to the faint and strengthens the powerless.
- Zephaniah 3:16On that day it will be said to Jerusalem: “Do not fear; Zion, do not let your hands grow weak.
- Luke 18:1Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not give up.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.
- Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly or lose heart when you are reproved by him,
- Revelation 2:3I know that you have persevered and endured hardships for the sake of my name, and you have not grown weary.
Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Be not weary in well-doing - While ye stretch out no hand of relief to the indolent and lazy, do not forget the real poor - the genuine representatives of an impoverished Christ; and rather relieve a hundred undeserving objects, than pass by one who is a real object of charity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing - Margin, “faint not.” The Greek means, properly, to turn out a coward; then to be faint-hearted, to despond. The idea is, that they were not to be discouraged from doing good to the truly worthy and deserving by the idleness and improper conduct of some who asked their assistance. They were, indeed, shiftless and worthless. They would not labor; they spent their time in intermeddling with the concerns of their…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-15Verses 6-15 Those who have received the gospel, are to live according to the gospel. Such as could work, and would not, were not to be maintained in idleness. Christianity is not to countenance slothfulness, which would consume what is meant to encourage the industrious, and to support the sick and afflicted. Industry in our callings as men, is a duty required by our calling as Christians. But some expected to be maintained in idleness, and indulged a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13well-doing: Paul encouraged the Thessalonians to help those truly in need, not those who are lazy and dependent (see Galatians 6:9–10; 2 Thessalonians 3:7–8, 10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. be not weary--The oldest manuscripts read, "Be not cowardly in"; do not be wanting in strenuousness in doing well. Edmunds explains it: Do not culpably neglect to do well, namely, with patient industry do your duty in your several callings. In contrast to the "disorderly, not-working busybodies" (2Th 3:11; compare Ga 6:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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