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2 Thessalonians 3:13
13But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary of 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 some among you are behaving irresponsibly—not busy, but busybodies. 12Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Messiah Yeshua to work in a quiet demeanor, so they may eat their own bread. But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary of doing good. 14If anyone does not obey our message in this letter, take special note of him and do not associate with him, so that he may be put to shame. 15Yet do not 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 40:30Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall,
- Malachi 1:13You also say, “It’s so tedious!” “And you sniff at it,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. “So you bring plunder, the lame and the sick. Then you bring them as the offering. Should I accept this from your hand?” says Adonai.
- Romans 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good are seeking glory, honor, and immortality—eternal life.
- 1 Corinthians 15:28Now when all things become subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also become subject to the One who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.
- Galatians 6:9So let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we don’t give up.
- Philippians 1:9Now this I pray, that your love might overflow still more and more in knowledge and depth of discernment,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and appeal in the Lord Yeshua—just as you received from us the way you ought to walk and please God (as in fact you are walking)—that you keep progressing more and more.
- Hebrews 12:3Consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and lose heart.
- Deuteronomy 20:8The officers will speak further to the troops and say, ‘What man is afraid and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house—so he does not weaken his brothers’ heart like his own.’
- Psalms 27:13Surely I trust that I will see the goodness of Adonai in the land of the living.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives strength to the weary, and to one without vigor He adds might.
- Zephaniah 3:16On that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, ‘Have no fear, O Zion, do not let your hands fall limp.
- Luke 18:1Then Yeshua told them a parable to show that they should always pray and not be discouraged,
- 2 Corinthians 4:1For this reason, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy, we do not lose heart.
- Hebrews 12:5Have you forgotten the warning addressed to you as sons? “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of Adonai or lose heart when you are corrected by Him,
- Revelation 2:3You have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, 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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