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2 Thessalonians 3:13
13But ye, brethren, do not faint in well-doing.
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 walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but busybodies. 12Now such we enjoin and exhort in [the] Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread. But ye, brethren, do not faint in well-doing. 14But if any one obey not our word by the letter, mark that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed of himself; 15and do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
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ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, μὴ ἐγκακήσητε καλοποιοῦντες.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 3:13
- Isaiah 40:30Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
- Malachi 1:13And ye say, Behold, what a weariness! And ye have puffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and ye bring [that which was] torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the oblation: should I accept this of your hand? saith Jehovah.
- Romans 2:7to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.
- 1 Corinthians 15:28But when all things shall have been brought into subjection to him, then the Son also himself shall be placed in subjection to him who put all things in subjection to him, that God may be all in all.)
- Galatians 6:9but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap.
- Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in [the] Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
- Hebrews 12:3For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.
- Deuteronomy 20:8And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and shall say, What man is there that is timid and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as well as his heart.
- Psalms 27:13Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living...!
- Isaiah 40:29He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
- Zephaniah 3:16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not; Zion, let not thy hands be slack.
- Luke 18:1And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
- Hebrews 12:5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not [the] chastening of [the] Lord, nor faint [when] reproved by him;
- Revelation 2:3and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied:
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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- 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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