{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/wesley/th2003.htm","path":"bib/cmt/wesley/th2003.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/wesley/th2003.htm","text":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]\n \n 2 Thessalonians 3:1\n \n th2 3:1\nMay run - Go on swiftly, without any interruption. And be glorified - Acknowledged as divine, and bring forth much fruit. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:2\n \n th2 3:2\nAll men have not faith - And all men who have not are more or less unreasonable and wicked men. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:3\n \n th2 3:3\nWho will stablish you - That cleave to him by faith. And guard you from the evil one - And all his instruments. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:4\n \n th2 3:4\nWe trust in the Lord concerning you - Thus only should we trust in any man. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:5\n \n th2 3:5\nNow the Lord - The Spirit, whose proper work this is. Direct - Lead you straight forward. Into the patience of Christ - Of which he set you a pattern. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:6\n \n th2 3:6\nThat walketh disorderly - Particularly by not working. Not according to the tradition he received of us - The admonition we gave, both by word of mouth, and in our former epistle. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:10\n \n th2 3:10\nNeither let him eat - Do not maintain him in idleness. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:11\n \n th2 3:11\nDoing nothing, but being busybodies - To which idleness naturally disposes. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:12\n \n th2 3:12\nWork quietly - Letting the concerns of other people alone. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:14\n \n th2 3:14\nHave no company with him - No intimacy, no familiarity, no needless correspondence. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:15\n \n th2 3:15\nAdmonish him as a brother - Tell him lovingly of the reason why you shun him. \n 2 Thessalonians 3:16\n \n th2 3:16\nThe Lord of peace - Christ. Give you peace by all means - In every way and manner.","title":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: 2 Thessalonians: 2 ...","type":"page"}