2 Thessalonians 1:4
1:4 As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.
2 Thessalonians 2:1
The Day of the Lord
2:1 Now regarding the arrival 1 of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, 2 we ask you, brothers and sisters, 3
2 Thessalonians 2:15
2:15 Therefore, brothers and sisters, 4 stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter. 5
2 Thessalonians 3:9
3:9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate. 6
2 Thessalonians 3:11-12
3:11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, 7 not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others. 8
3:12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat. 9
1 tn Or perhaps “return” (cf. CEV).
2 tn Grk “our gathering with him.”
3 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.
4 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.
5 tn Grk “that you were taught whether by word or by letter of ours.”
6 tn Grk “an example for you to imitate us.”
7 tn Grk “walking in an undisciplined way” (“walking” is a common NT idiom for one’s way of life or conduct).
8 tn There is a play on words in the Greek: “working at nothing, but working around,” “not keeping busy but being busybodies.”
9 tn Grk “that by working quietly they may eat their own bread.”