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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_thessalonians/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And we are confident in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we commanded you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And we are persuaded in <i>the</i> Lord as to you, that both you are doing and you will do the things that we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing, and will do, what we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_thessalonians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will <i>continue to</i> do what we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will <i>continue to</i> do what we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will <i>continue</i> to do the things [which] we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />We have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />We have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do what we command. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He has made us sure that you are obeying what we taught you and that you will keep on obeying. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Lord gives us confidence that you are doing and will continue to do what we ordered you to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord gives us confidence in you, and we are sure that you are doing and will continue to do what we tell you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_thessalonians/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing--and will do--what we are commanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord in regard to you that you are doing, and will do, what we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_thessalonians/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and we now have confidence in the LORD, that which we command you both do and will do;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And we are persuaded in <i>the</i> Lord as to you, that both you are doing and you will do the things that we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that the things that we command you ye both do and will do;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And we have had confidence in the Lord for you, that what we announce to you, and ye do and will do.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And we have confidence concerning you in the Lord, that the things which we command, you both do, and will do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And we have confidence about you in the Lord, that you are doing, and will continue to do, just as we have instructed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />We are confident of you in the Lord that what we instruct you, you [both] are doing and will continue to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will go on doing the things that we command.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />We have confidence in you through our LORD, that the things we have commanded you to do, you have done and will continue to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But we trust you in Our Lord, that whatever we command you, you do and you will do.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord with respect to you, that you both do, and will continue to do, the things which we command you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And we have trusted in the Lord in your behalf, that you are doing, and will do whatsoever we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />But we have confidence in the Lord towards you, that the things which we have enjoined you, ye both do, and will do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and we have this hope in the Lord, that you will still continue to observe the directions we give you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And we have confidence in the Lord in regard to you that you are doing, and will do, what we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And we have become confident in the Lord regarding you, that ye both do, and will do, the things which we command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And we trust in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do and will do <i>the things</i> which we give you in charge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_thessalonians/3-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p0L2MQrlSxc?start=314" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Request for Prayer</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">And</a> <a href="/greek/3982.htm" title="3982: pepoithamen (V-RIA-1P) -- A primary verb; to convince; by analogy, to pacify or conciliate; reflexively or passively, to assent, to rely.">we have confidence</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriō (N-DMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">the Lord</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: eph’ (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. "></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou."></a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poieite (V-PIA-2P) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">you are doing</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsete (V-FIA-2P) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">will continue to do</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ha (RelPro-ANP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">what</a> <a href="/greek/3853.htm" title="3853: parangellomen (V-PIA-1P) -- To notify, command, charge, entreat solemnly. From para and the base of aggelos; to transmit a message, i.e. to enjoin.">we command.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">5</span>May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-6.htm">Philippians 1:6</a></span><br />being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-14.htm">1 John 5:14-15</a></span><br />And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-14.htm">Romans 15:14</a></span><br />I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-3.htm">2 Corinthians 2:3</a></span><br />I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-18.htm">Hebrews 13:18</a></span><br />Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-9.htm">1 Corinthians 1:9</a></span><br />God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-16.htm">2 Corinthians 7:16</a></span><br />I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-10.htm">Galatians 5:10</a></span><br />I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-24.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:24</a></span><br />The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/1-12.htm">2 Timothy 1:12</a></span><br />For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-21.htm">1 John 3:21-22</a></span><br />Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God, / and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-5.htm">Psalm 37:5</a></span><br />Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a></span><br />Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-3.htm">Isaiah 26:3-4</a></span><br />You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You. / Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-7.htm">Jeremiah 17:7-8</a></span><br />But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. / He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that you both do and will do the things which we command you.</p><p class="hdg">we have.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/15-14.htm">Romans 15:14</a></b></br> And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/2-3.htm">2 Corinthians 2:3</a></b></br> And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is <i>the joy</i> of you all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/7-16.htm">2 Corinthians 7:16</a></b></br> I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all <i>things</i>.</p><p class="hdg">that.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:6,12</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/28-20.htm">Matthew 28:20</a></b></br> Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, <i>even</i> unto the end of the world. Amen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/2-7.htm">Romans 2:7</a></b></br> To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-27.htm">Command</a> <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Confidence</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-7.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-10.htm">Enjoin</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-2.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-27.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-1.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-9.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-4.htm">Trust</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm">Command</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-13.htm">Confidence</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-15.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-3.htm">Enjoin</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-2.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-15.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-11.htm">Trust</a><div class="vheading2">2 Thessalonians 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-1.htm">Paul craves their prayers for himself;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-3.htm">testifies what confidence he has in them;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-5.htm">makes request to God in their behalf;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm">gives them various precepts, especially to shun idleness, and ill company;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-16.htm">and then concludes with prayer and salutation.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_thessalonians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_thessalonians/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And we have confidence in the Lord</b><br>This phrase reflects the apostle Paul's trust not in human ability but in the Lord's power to work through the believers in Thessalonica. This confidence is rooted in the understanding that God is faithful (<a href="/1_corinthians/1-9.htm">1 Corinthians 1:9</a>) and that He who began a good work in them will carry it on to completion (<a href="/philippians/1-6.htm">Philippians 1:6</a>). The emphasis on "in the Lord" underscores the belief that all spiritual growth and obedience are ultimately enabled by God's grace and strength, not by human effort alone.<p><b>that you are doing</b><br>Paul acknowledges the current obedience and faithfulness of the Thessalonian church. This recognition serves as an encouragement, affirming their present actions and reinforcing their commitment to living according to the teachings they have received. The Thessalonians had already demonstrated their faith through perseverance amidst persecution (<a href="/1_thessalonians/1-6.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:6-7</a>), and Paul commends them for their ongoing faithfulness.<p><b>and will continue to do</b><br>This phrase expresses Paul's expectation of their future obedience. It suggests a continuity of faith and action, emphasizing the importance of perseverance in the Christian life. The future aspect of this statement aligns with the biblical theme of enduring faith, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/12.htm">Hebrews 12:1-2</a>, where believers are encouraged to run with perseverance the race marked out for them. It also reflects the eschatological hope that believers will remain steadfast until the return of Christ.<p><b>what we command</b><br>Paul's use of "command" indicates the authoritative nature of his instructions, which are not merely suggestions but directives grounded in apostolic authority. This authority is derived from his role as an apostle of Christ, tasked with establishing and guiding the early church (<a href="/1_corinthians/4.htm">1 Corinthians 4:1-2</a>). The commands likely refer to the teachings and instructions given in both letters to the Thessalonians, including living a life pleasing to God, working diligently, and maintaining hope in the return of Christ (<a href="/1_thessalonians/4.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:1-12</a>; <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:6-12</a>). The emphasis on obedience to these commands highlights the importance of adhering to apostolic teaching as a means of maintaining doctrinal purity and moral integrity within the church.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a></b><br>- The apostle who authored the letter to the Thessalonians, providing guidance and encouragement to the early Christian community.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/silvanus.htm">Silvanus (Silas)</a></b><br>- A companion of Paul, mentioned in the opening of the letter, who helped in the ministry and establishment of the church in Thessalonica.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm">Timothy</a></b><br>- Another companion of Paul, who played a significant role in the early church and was involved in the correspondence with the Thessalonians.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/thessalonica.htm">Thessalonica</a></b><br>- A city in Macedonia where the church was established by Paul during his second missionary journey. It was a significant urban center in the Roman Empire.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_thessalonian_church.htm">The Thessalonian Church</a></b><br>- The recipients of the letter, a group of believers facing persecution and needing encouragement to remain steadfast in their faith.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/confidence_in_the_lord.htm">Confidence in the Lord</a></b><br>Paul’s confidence is rooted in the Lord, not merely in human ability. This teaches us to place our trust in God’s work in others, recognizing His sovereignty and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_apostolic_teaching.htm">Obedience to Apostolic Teaching</a></b><br>The Thessalonians are commended for their obedience to Paul’s commands. This highlights the importance of adhering to biblical teachings and apostolic authority in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continual_growth_in_faith.htm">Continual Growth in Faith</a></b><br>Paul’s expectation that the Thessalonians will continue to obey suggests a dynamic faith journey. We are encouraged to persist in our spiritual growth and obedience to God’s Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/encouragement_and_accountability.htm">Encouragement and Accountability</a></b><br>Paul’s confidence serves as encouragement and a form of accountability for the Thessalonians. In our communities, we should encourage one another and hold each other accountable in our walk with Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">Role of Spiritual Leaders</a></b><br>Paul’s role as a spiritual leader underscores the importance of godly leadership in guiding and nurturing the faith of believers. We should respect and support our spiritual leaders as they guide us in truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_thessalonians_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Thessalonians 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_indescribable_gift.htm">Will you come, Lord Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_signs_of_saving_faith.htm">What are the signs of saving faith?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/should_christians_prep_for_doomsday.htm">Should Christians prepare for doomsday scenarios?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/will_jesus_return_to_earth.htm">Will Jesus return to Earth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">We have confidence in the Lord touching you.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">We rely upon you in the Lord:</span> the clause forms the counterpart to the last verse. St. Chrysostom's whole comment is worth transcription:--"God, saith he, is faithful, and having promised to save, save He assuredly will, but <span class= "ital">as</span> He promised. And how did He promise? If we would be agreeable, and would hear Him; not unconditionally, nor while we remain inactive like stocks and stones. Yet, well has he added his, 'We rely <span class= "ital">in the Lord</span>:' that is, 'We trust to His love of men.' Once more he takes them down, ascribing the whole matter to that quarter; for had he said 'We trust to you,' it would have been a great compliment indeed, but would not have taught them to ascribe all to God; and had he said 'We rely on the Lord that He will keep you,' without adding 'upon you,' and 'that ye both do and will do what things we command,' he would have made them less active by casting the whole upon the power of God." (See the passage of Galatians referred to in the margin.)<p><span class= "bld">Both do and will do.</span>--The emphasis of the sentence is on the future tense, the commendation of the present being only intended to do away the rebuke which might have been conveyed by the future alone. How careful St. Paul is not to wound susceptibilities, though he never "pleases men"! (See, for instance, Notes on <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-1.htm" title="Furthermore then we beseech you, brothers, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received of us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.">1Thessalonians 4:1</a>; <a href="/context/1_thessalonians/4-9.htm" title="But as touching brotherly love you need not that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another.">1Thessalonians 4:9-10</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-11.htm" title="Why comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do.">1Thessalonians 5:11</a>.) This expression of confidence is a happy rhetorical means of preparing readers for the commands which are to follow.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And we have confidence in the Lord.</span> The apostle confidently expects the obedience of the Thessalonians, but his confidence is not fixed on them - on their own efforts, endeavours, and resolutions - but on the Lord, namely, Christ; on his grace and strength communicated to and perfected in weakness. The obedience of the Thessalonians flowed from the grace of Christ; it was in consequence of the communication of the influences of his Spirit that they were enabled to make progress and to persevere in the Christian life. "Here," observes Professor Jowett, "as elsewhere, the apostle speaks of believing, hoping, doing all things in Christ. We lead an ordinary life as well as a religious one; but, with the apostle, his ordinary life is his religious one, and hence he uses religious expressions in reference to all that he says and does." The apostle lives in the sphere of Christ. <span class="cmt_word">Touching you;</span> with reference to you - the direction of his confidence. <span class="cmt_word">That ye both do and will do the things which we command you.</span> There is here the same union of Divine assistance and human effort, of God's working and man's working, which pervades the whole scheme of the gospel salvation (see <a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Philippians 2:12, 13</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_thessalonians/3-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">And</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we have confidence</span><br /><span class="grk">πεποίθαμεν</span> <span class="translit">(pepoithamen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3982.htm">Strong's 3982: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary verb; to convince; by analogy, to pacify or conciliate; reflexively or passively, to assent, to rely.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] Lord</span><br /><span class="grk">Κυρίῳ</span> <span class="translit">(Kyriō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are doing</span><br /><span class="grk">ποιεῖτε</span> <span class="translit">(poieite)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">will continue to do</span><br /><span class="grk">ποιήσετε</span> <span class="translit">(poiēsete)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what</span><br /><span class="grk">ἃ</span> <span class="translit">(ha)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">we command.</span><br /><span class="grk">παραγγέλλομεν</span> <span class="translit">(parangellomen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3853.htm">Strong's 3853: </a> </span><span class="str2">To notify, command, charge, entreat solemnly. 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