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href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/2#h=10:0-11:0">2:13-17</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul requests that the Thessalonians pray for him and his fellow workers (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3#h=11:0-12:0">3:1-5</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul instructs the Thessalonians to withdraw from those who are walking disorderly and to admonish them as brothers (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3#h=12:0-14:0">3:6-15</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L1"><p class="se"><span class="itemLabel"><strong>E.</strong> </span><strong>CONCLUDING GREETINGS (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3#h=14:0-17:0"><strong>3:16-18</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-1" data-section-citation="053003001053003001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:1</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>the word of Jehovah:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/0/0">study note on 1Th 1:8</a> and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/0">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/1">2Th 3:1</a>.</p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="s5"><strong>may keep spreading rapidly:</strong> Lit., “may be running.” The Greek verb “to run” is here used figuratively in the sense of “to proceed quickly and without restraint.” The metaphor of a message running swiftly among people was well-known in the ancient world. But Paul may here have had in mind <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">Ps 147:15</a>, which says that God’s word “runs swiftly.” Both scriptures seem to personify the word of Jehovah, speaking of it as a speedy messenger, or runner, who rushes to his destination in order to carry out the will of his master. Paul is apparently asking the Thessalonian Christians to pray that he and his coworkers might spread the word of truth with urgency and without hindrance. At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">1Th 1:8</a>, Paul also commented on the swift spread of Jehovah’s word.—Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">Mt 24:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/3/1" data-bid="4-2" class="b"> Mr 13:10</a>.</p> <p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>being glorified:</strong> That is, highly esteemed and accepted “not as the word of men but . . . as the word of God.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">1Th 2:13</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/36" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-37"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 15:30; 1Th 5:25; Heb 13:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-37" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-37" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/37" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-38"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 19:20; Eph 6:19; Col 4:3; 1Th 1:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-38" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-38" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="se"></p> <p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/76/0"><em>Proclaimers,</em> p. 108</a></p> <div id="p72" data-pid="72"><p data-pid="72" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/77/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="72" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/77/0">1/15/1991, p. 23</a></p> </div><p id="p73" data-pid="73" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/21/0">jv 108;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/21/2"> w91 1/15 23;</a></p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/25/0">w84 5/1 14-15;</a><span class="ni"> g65 10/22 27;</span><span class="ni"> g62 6/8 7</span></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-2" data-section-citation="053003002053003002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="s5"><strong>faith is not a possession of all people:</strong> Here Paul refers to the “harmful and wicked men” who were persecuting Paul and his fellow believers. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">2Th 3:2, 3</a>) However, Paul’s words about faith can have a broader sense. His statement is well-founded in examples from his own experience. In the face of the same evidence, some people develop faith, whereas others do not. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">Ac 14:1-4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/7/1" data-bid="8-2" class="b"> 17:32-34;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/7/2" data-bid="8-3" class="b"> Heb 11:3</a>) Paul’s statement does not mean that some people are incapable of developing faith. However, true faith is an aspect of the fruitage of God’s holy spirit. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">Ga 5:22</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/1/0">study note</a>) Therefore, in his letters Paul urges his fellow Christians to allow God’s spirit to influence their life. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">Ga 5:16,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/9/1" data-bid="10-2" class="b"> 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/9/2" data-bid="10-3" class="b"> 1Th 5:19</a>) They would thereby fully discern the evidence that provides a solid basis for faith. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">Heb 11:1</a>) To obtain the help of the holy spirit, Christians must petition God for it (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/11/0" data-bid="12-1" class="b">Lu 11:9-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/11/1" data-bid="12-2" class="b"> 17:5</a>) and study his spirit-inspired Word (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">2Ti 3:16, 17</a>). Those who refuse to seek such help will not possess faith, abundant though the evidence is.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/38" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-39"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 25:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-39" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-39" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/39" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-40"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 28:24; Ro 10:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-40" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-40" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p73" data-pid="73" class="se"></p> <div id="p74" data-pid="74"><p data-pid="74" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/78/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/78/0">5/1/2009, p. 8</a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/79/0">5/15/1998, p. 10</a></p> </div><p id="p75" data-pid="75" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/22/0">w24.06 32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/22/2"> w09 5/1 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/22/4"> w98 5/15 10;</a></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/26/0">w78 12/1 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/26/2"> w69 531-532;</a><span class="ni"> g68 7/22 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/26/4"> w66 647;</a><span class="ni"> g65 7/8 6</span></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-3" data-section-citation="053003003053003003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:3</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/40" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-41"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 6:13; Joh 17:15; Eph 6:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-41" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-41" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/27/0">w62 301</a></p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-5" data-section-citation="053003005053003005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:5</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/41" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-42"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Jo 5:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-42" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-42" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/42" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-43"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 21:19; Ro 5:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-43" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-43" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/28/0">w61 214</a></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-6" data-section-citation="053003006053003006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:6</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>Now we are giving you instructions:</strong> Paul here opens a discussion of a problem that still needed attention in the congregation in Thessalonica. The context indicates that some were not working at all to provide for themselves but were meddling with what did not concern them. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/2/0">study notes on 2Th 3:11</a>.) Paul openly counsels them to “work quietly and eat food they themselves earn.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">2Th 3:12</a>.</p> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="s5"><strong>to withdraw:</strong> Paul advises those in the congregation “to withdraw” from any who were “walking disorderly,” that is, to avoid them, apparently to avoid socializing with them.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/3/0">study notes on 2Th 3:14</a>.</p> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="s5"><strong>walking disorderly:</strong> One reference work explains that the expression means to “behave irresponsibly . . . , apparently without respect for established custom or received instruction.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/4/0">study note on 1Th 5:14</a>.</p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="s5"><strong>the tradition:</strong> Or “instruction.” As at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">2Th 2:15</a>, Paul here refers to traditions that were proper or acceptable aspects of true worship.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/5/0">study note on 1Co 11:2</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-4"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p21" data-pid="21">Or possibly, “they.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/43" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-44"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Th 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-44" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-44" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/44" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-45"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 11:2; 2Th 2:15; 3:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-45" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-45" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p75" data-pid="75" class="se"></p> <p id="p76" data-pid="76" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/80/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1119</a></p> <p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/23/0">it-2 1119;</a></p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/29/0">w81 9/1 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/29/2"> w73 318-319;</a><span class="ni"> or 171-172;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/29/7"> ad 1610;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/29/8"> w65 575;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/29/9"> w63 486;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/29/10"> w61 287,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/29/11"> 538;</a><span class="ni"> g61 12/22 4;</span><span class="ni"> w46 329;</span><span class="ni"> w43 199</span></p> <p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-7" data-section-citation="053003007053003007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:7</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/45" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-46"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 4:16; 1Th 1:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-46" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-46" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/30/0">w66 68;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/30/1"> w52 132</a></p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-8" data-section-citation="053003008053003008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:8</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="s5"><strong>free:</strong> Or “without paying.” The same Greek word is used at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/17/0" data-bid="18-1" class="b">Mt 10:8</a>: “You received <em>free,</em> give <em>free.”</em></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="s5"><strong>by labor and toil we were working night and day:</strong> Paul may be referring to his hard physical work as a tentmaker. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Ac 18:3</a>) He hoped that by providing for their own needs, he and his companions served as examples that the Christians in Thessalonica and elsewhere could imitate.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/19/0" data-bid="20-1" class="b">Ac 20:34, 35;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/19/1" data-bid="20-2" class="b"> 1Th 2:9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/19/2" data-bid="20-3" class="b"> 2Th 3:7-10</a>; see Media Gallery, “<a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/2">Paul Works to Support Himself in the Ministry in Thessalonica</a>.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/46" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-47"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 20:34</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-47" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-47" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/47" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-48"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 18:3; 1Co 9:14, 15; 2Co 11:9; 1Th 2:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-48" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-48" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="se"></p> <div id="p78" data-pid="78"><p data-pid="78" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/81/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="78" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/81/0">12/2019, p. 5</a></p> </div><p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/24/0">w19.12 5</a></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-9" data-section-citation="053003009053003009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:9</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/48" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-49"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 10:9, 10; 1Co 9:6, 7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-49" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-49" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/49" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-50"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 11:1; Php 3:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-50" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-50" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-10" data-section-citation="053003010053003010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:10</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="s5"><strong>“If anyone does not want to work, neither let him eat”:</strong> Paul quotes counsel that he earlier gave to the Thessalonians, which set the standard for all Christians regarding industriousness. As the context shows, the congregation was not under obligation to provide materially for those who were able to work but refused to do so. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/21/0" data-bid="22-1" class="b">2Th 3:6-15</a>) The exact saying is not found in the Hebrew Scriptures. However, the principle may be based on such scriptures as <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">Ps 128:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/22/1" data-bid="23-2" class="b"> Pr 10:4</a>; and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">19:15</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/50" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-51"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Th 4:11, 12; 1Ti 5:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-51" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-51" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="se"></p> <div id="p80" data-pid="80"><p data-pid="80" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/82/0"><em>Kingdom Ministry,</em></a></p><p data-pid="80" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/82/0">2/1994, p. 7</a></p> </div><div id="p81" data-pid="81"><p data-pid="81" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/83/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="81" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/83/0">7/15/1987, p. 18</a></p> </div><p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/25/0">km 2/94 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/25/2"> w87 7/15 18;</a></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"></p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/0">w83 4/1 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/2"> g78 10/8 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/4"> w77 409;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/6"> lp 145;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/8"> g77 12/8 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/10"> w76 324;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/12"> g73 7/22 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/14"> g73 9/8 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/16"> w72 583;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/18"> w66 94-95;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/19"> w65 67;</a><span class="ni"> g64 3/8 18;</span><span class="ni"> g62 1/8 19;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/22"> w61 283;</a><span class="ni"> g61 6/8 23;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/24"> w60 288;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/31/25"> w51 497</a></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-11" data-section-citation="053003011053003011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:11</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="s5"><strong>not working at all:</strong> The individuals Paul mentions were apparently healthy, but they refused to work to provide for themselves. They wanted to live off others, contrary to God’s counsel on laziness. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/25/0" data-bid="26-1" class="b">Pr 6:6-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/25/1" data-bid="26-2" class="b"> 10:4, 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/25/2" data-bid="26-3" class="b"> 13:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/25/3" data-bid="26-4" class="b"> 20:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/25/4" data-bid="26-5" class="b"> 24:30-34</a>) Some may even have thought that the presence of Jesus Christ was imminent, and they used that misconception as an excuse for not working. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">2Th 2:1, 2</a>) They were perhaps imposing an expensive burden on the congregation or on some of its members.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">2Th 3:8</a>.</p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="s5"><strong>not working at all, but meddling with what does not concern them:</strong> Paul here uses a play on words that was common among ancient Greek writers. The expression “meddling” implies an unhealthy curiosity about matters that are not one’s concern or responsibility. According to one reference work, the whole phrase could be rendered “not keeping busy but being busybodies.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/51" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-52"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Th 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-52" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-52" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/52" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-53"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ti 5:13; 1Pe 4:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-53" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-53" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="se"></p> <p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/84/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 232</a></p> <p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/26/0">si 232;</a></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/32/0">w85 11/15 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/32/2"> w73 318-319;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/32/4"> g73 7/22 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/32/6"> g73 8/8 3;</a><span class="ni"> g63 12/8 3;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/32/9"> w60 405</a></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-12" data-section-citation="053003012053003012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:12</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/53" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-54"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:28</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-54" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-54" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/33/0">g73 7/22 26</a></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-13" data-section-citation="053003013053003013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:13</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/54" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-55"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ga 6:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-55" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-55" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-14" data-section-citation="053003014053003014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:14</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="s5"><strong>keep this one marked:</strong> The Greek word rendered “keep . . . marked” literally means “to put a sign on.” In this context, it conveys the idea “to take special notice of someone.” Paul had sent clear directions to the entire congregation about avoiding conduct that was disorderly, divisive. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/29/0" data-bid="30-1" class="b">2Th 1:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/29/1" data-bid="30-2" class="b"> 3:6</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/6/0">study notes</a>) He now urges individual Christians to take note of, or keep marked, a fellow Christian who disobeyed such inspired counsel. He goes on to explain what this would involve.</p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>and stop associating with him:</strong> A person who was “walking disorderly” in the congregation was not guilty of practicing a grave sin for which he could be removed from the congregation. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/30/0" data-bid="31-1" class="b">1Co 5:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/30/1" data-bid="31-2" class="b"> 2Th 3:11</a>) Still, he was persisting in a course that could reflect badly on the congregation and that could influence other Christians. Paul thus counsels Christians to “stop associating” with the disorderly one for social occasions or recreation. (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/31/0" data-bid="32-1" class="b">2Ti 2:20, 21</a>.) This action might help the disorderly one to realize that he needed to conform to Bible principles. However, fellow Christians would not completely avoid the person, for Paul advises them to “continue admonishing him as a brother.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/32/0" data-bid="33-1" class="b">2Th 3:15</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/7/0">study note</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/55" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-56"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 13:20; 1Co 15:33; 2Th 3:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-56" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-56" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="se"></p> <p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/85/0"><em>Organized,</em> pp. 143-145</a></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/86/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 200</a></p> <div id="p87" data-pid="87"><p data-pid="87" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/87/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="87" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/87/0">11/2016, p. 12</a></p> </div><div id="p88" data-pid="88"><p data-pid="88" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/88/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="88" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/88/0">7/15/1999, pp. 29-31</a></p> </div><p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/27/0">od 143-145;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/27/2"> it-1 200;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/27/4"> w16.11 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/27/6"> w99 7/15 29-31;</a><span class="ni"> om 152-153;</span></p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/0">w85 4/15 30-31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/2"> w82 2/1 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/4"> w81 9/1 20-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/6"> w81 9/15 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/8"> w80 8/1 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/10"> w79 6/1 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/12"> w75 93;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/14"> w73 318-320;</a><span class="ni"> or 171-172;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/18"> w65 575;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/19"> w64 301;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/20"> w61 597;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/21"> w52 133,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/34/22"> 704;</a><span class="ni"> w44 155;</span><span class="ni"> w43 199</span></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-15" data-section-citation="053003015053003015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:15</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="s5"><strong>continue admonishing him as a brother:</strong> The Greek term translated “to admonish” can refer to strong counsel but does not indicate hostility. The motive behind the admonition is loving concern for the person.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">Ac 20:31</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/8/0">study note on 1Th 5:12</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/56" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-57"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 19:17; 1Th 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-57" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-57" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="se"></p> <p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/89/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 200</a></p> <div id="p91" data-pid="91"><p data-pid="91" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/90/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="91" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/90/0">11/2016, p. 12</a></p> </div><div id="p92" data-pid="92"><p data-pid="92" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/91/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="92" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/91/0">7/15/1999, pp. 30-31</a></p> </div><p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/28/0">it-1 200;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/28/2"> w16.11 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/28/4"> w99 7/15 30-31;</a></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/35/0">w85 4/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/35/3"> w81 9/1 20-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/35/5"> w80 8/1 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/35/7"> w79 6/1 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/35/9"> w78 9/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/35/11"> w73 318-320;</a><span class="ni"> or 171-172;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/35/15"> w65 575;</a><span class="ni"> w44 155</span></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-16" data-section-citation="053003016053003016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:16</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/57" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-58"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 14:27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-58" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-58" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="53-3-17" data-section-citation="053003017053003017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Thessalonians 3:17</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="s5"><strong>which is a sign in every letter; this is the way I write:</strong> At the end of some of his letters, Paul includes a greeting in his own hand. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">1Co 16:21;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/36/1" data-bid="37-2" class="b"> Col 4:18</a>) Here he adds that this is a genuine “sign” that the letter is from him. Previously, the Thessalonians may have received a letter that was wrongly attributed to Paul, one that was interpreted as indicating that “the day of Jehovah is here.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070790/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">2Th 2:1, 2</a>) The “sign” apparently gave the Thessalonians confidence that this second letter to them was truly sent by Paul.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/1001072286#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/1001072286/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/940" ><span class="caption"><p>Paul Sends Greetings in His Own Hand to the Christians in Thessalonica</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/58" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-59"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 16:21; Col 4:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-59" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-59" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="se"></p> <p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204443/92/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 1091-1092</a></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270053/29/0">it-2 1091;</a></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020053/36/0">w63 86</a></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/36/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-37-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">2 Thess. 3:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 15:30; 1Th 5:25; Heb 13:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-37-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-37-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" 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class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">2 Thess. 3:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 6:13; Joh 17:15; Eph 6:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-41-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-41-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/41/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-42-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">2 Thess. 3:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Jo 5:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-42-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div 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3:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Th 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-44-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-44-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/53/3/44/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-45-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">2 Thess. 3:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 11:2; 2Th 2:15; 3:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-45-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-45-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible 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<div>New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)</div> <div>2 Thessalonians 3:1-18</div> </div> <div id="content" class="content"> <div class="articlePositioner" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> <div id="banner" class="documentBanner showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> </div> <article id="article" class="article bible html5 pub-nwtsty jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>The Second to the Thessalonians</h1> </header> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="sb"><span id="v53-3-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29771" class="cl vx vp study"><strong>3</strong> </a>Finally, brothers, carry on prayer for us,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/36" data-bid="37-1" class="b">+</a> that the word of Jehovah may keep spreading rapidly<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/37" data-bid="38-1" class="b">+</a> and being glorified, just as it is with you, </span><span id="v53-3-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29772" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>and that we may be rescued from harmful and wicked men,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/38" data-bid="39-1" class="b">+</a> for faith is not a possession of all people.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/39" data-bid="40-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v53-3-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29773" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the wicked one.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/40" data-bid="41-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v53-3-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29774" class="vl vp">4 </a>Moreover, we have confidence in the Lord regarding you, that you are carrying out and will go on carrying out our instructions. </span><span id="v53-3-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29775" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>May the Lord continue to guide your hearts successfully to the love of God<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/41" data-bid="42-1" class="b">+</a> and to the endurance<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/42" data-bid="43-1" class="b">+</a> for the Christ.</span></p> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="sb"><span id="v53-3-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29776" class="vl vx vp study">6 </a>Now we are giving you instructions, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw from every brother who is walking disorderly<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/43" data-bid="44-1" class="b">+</a> and not according to the tradition that you<a id="footnotesource4" data-fnid="4" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070157/3">*</a> received from us.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/44" data-bid="45-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v53-3-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29777" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>For you yourselves know how you should imitate us,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/45" data-bid="46-1" class="b">+</a> because we did not behave in a disorderly way among you, </span><span id="v53-3-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29778" class="vl vx vp study">8 </a>nor did we eat anyone’s food free.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/46" data-bid="47-1" class="b">+</a> On the contrary, by labor and toil we were working night and day so as not to impose an expensive burden on any one of you.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/47" data-bid="48-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v53-3-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29779" class="vl vp">9 </a>Not that we do not have authority,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/48" data-bid="49-1" class="b">+</a> but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/49" data-bid="50-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v53-3-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29780" class="vl vx vp study">10 </a>In fact, when we were with you, we used to give you this order: “If anyone does not want to work, neither let him eat.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/50" data-bid="51-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v53-3-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29781" class="vl vx vp study">11 </a>For we hear that some are walking disorderly among you,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/51" data-bid="52-1" class="b">+</a> not working at all, but meddling with what does not concern them.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/52" data-bid="53-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v53-3-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29782" class="vl vx vp">12 </a>To such people we give the order and exhortation in the Lord Jesus Christ that they should work quietly and eat food they themselves earn.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/53" data-bid="54-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sb"><span id="v53-3-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29783" class="vl vp">13 </a>For your part, brothers, do not give up in doing good.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/54" data-bid="55-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v53-3-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29784" class="vl vx vp study">14 </a>But if anyone is not obedient to our word through this letter, keep this one marked and stop associating with him,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/55" data-bid="56-1" class="b">+</a> so that he may become ashamed. </span><span id="v53-3-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29785" class="vl vx vp study">15 </a>And yet do not consider him an enemy, but continue admonishing him<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/56" data-bid="57-1" class="b">+</a> as a brother.</span></p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sb"><span id="v53-3-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29786" class="vl vp">16 </a>Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace constantly in every way.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/57" data-bid="58-1" class="b">+</a> May the Lord be with all of you.</span></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sb"><span id="v53-3-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29787" class="vl vx vp study">17 </a>Here is my greeting, Paul’s, in my own hand,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070157/58" data-bid="59-1" class="b">+</a> which is a sign in every letter; this is the way I write.</span></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sb"><span id="v53-3-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070157/29788" class="vl vp">18 </a>The undeserved kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.</span></p>  <div class="pswp" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pswp__bg"></div> <div class="pswp__scroll-wrap">  <div class="pswp__container"> <div class="pswp__item"></div> <div class="pswp__item"></div> <div 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