II Thessalonians · Chapter 3 King James Version

II Thessalonians 3:6

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The Scripture

(6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Second Thessalonians 3 opens with Paul asking for prayer for the spread of the gospel and for deliverance from its opponents. He addresses idle members of the church who had stopped working, commanding that those unwilling to work should not eat, and reminding them of his own example of labor. The chapter closes urging the church to gently discipline the disorderly and pronouncing a blessing of peace.

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