2 Thessalonians · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
2 Thessalonians 3 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of God may run, and may be glorified, even as among you;
1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you,
1 Τὸ λοιπόν, προσεύχεσθε, ἀδελφοί, περὶ ἡμῶν, ἵνα ὁ λόγος τοῦ Κυρίου τρέχῃ καὶ δοξάζηται, καθὼς καὶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς,
2 And that we may be delivered from importunate and evil men; for all men have not faith.
2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.
2 καὶ ἵνα ῥυσθῶμεν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀτόπων καὶ πονηρῶν ἀνθρώπων· οὐ γὰρ πάντων ἡ πίστις.
3 But God is faithful, who will strengthen and keep you from evil.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
3 πιστὸς δέ ἐστιν ὁ Κύριος, ὃς στηρίξει ὑμᾶς καὶ φυλάξει ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.
4 And we have confidence concerning you in the Lord, that the things which we command, you both do, and will do.
4 We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.
4 Πεποίθαμεν δὲ ἐν Κυρίῳ ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ὅτι ἃ παραγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν καὶ ποιεῖτε καὶ ποιήσετε.
5 And the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God, and the patience of Christ.
5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Christ.
5 Ὁ δὲ Κύριος κατευθύναι ὑμῶν τὰς καρδίας εἰς τὴν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ εἰς τὴν ὑπομονὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
6 And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.
6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion and not after the tradition which they received from us.
6 Παραγγέλλομεν δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, στέλλεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀδελφοῦ ἀτάκτως περιπατοῦντος καὶ μὴ κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ἣν παρέλαβον παρ᾽ ἡμῶν.
7 For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;
7 For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you,
7 αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἴδατε πῶς δεῖ μιμεῖσθαι ἡμᾶς, ὅτι οὐκ ἠτακτήσαμεν ἐν ὑμῖν,
8 Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nothing, but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you.
8 neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.
8 οὐδὲ δωρεὰν ἄρτον ἐφάγομεν παρά τινος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν κόπῳ καὶ μόχθῳ, νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν ἐργαζόμενοι, πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἐπιβαρῆσαί τινα ὑμῶν·
9 Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us.
9 This was not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
9 οὐχ ὅτι οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα ἑαυτοὺς τύπον δῶμεν ὑμῖν εἰς τὸ μιμεῖσθαι ἡμᾶς.
10 For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.
10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”
10 καὶ γὰρ ὅτε ἦμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, τοῦτο παρηγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν, ὅτι εἴ τις οὐ θέλει ἐργάζεσθαι, μηδὲ ἐσθιέτω.
11 For we have heard there are some among you who walk disorderly, working not at all, but curiously meddling.
11 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.
11 ἀκούομεν γάρ τινας περιπατοῦντας ἐν ὑμῖν ἀτάκτως, μηδὲν ἐργαζομένους, ἀλλὰ περιεργαζομένους·
12 Now we charge them that are such, and beseech them by the Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with silence, they would eat their own bread.
12 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.
12 τοῖς δὲ τοιούτοις παραγγέλλομεν καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα μετὰ ἡσυχίας ἐργαζόμενοι τὸν ἑαυτῶν ἄρτον ἐσθίωσιν.
13 But you, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
13 But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing what is right.
13 Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, μὴ ἐκκακήσητε καλοποιοῦντες.
14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed:
14 If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man and have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
14 εἰ δέ τις οὐχ ὑπακούει τῷ λόγῳ ἡμῶν διὰ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς, τοῦτον σημειοῦσθε, καὶ μὴ συναναμίγνυσθε αὐτῷ, ἵνα ἐντραπῇ·
15 Yet do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
15 Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
15 καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐχθρὸν ἡγεῖσθε, ἀλλὰ νουθετεῖτε ὡς ἀδελφόν.
16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all.
16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
16 Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Κύριος τῆς εἰρήνης δῴη ὑμῖν τὴν εἰρήνην διὰ παντὸς ἐν παντὶ τρόπῳ. Ὁ Κύριος μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν.
17 The salutation of Paul with my own hand; which is the sign in every epistle. So I write.
17 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter. This is how I write.
17 Ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου, ὅ ἐστι σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ· οὕτω γράφω.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
18 Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν· ἀμήν.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Thessalonians 5:25; Colossians 4:3; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Ephesians 6:19–20; Acts 19:20
- 2 2 Corinthians 4:3–4; Romans 15:31; Deuteronomy 32:20; Romans 10:16; Luke 18:8
- 3 2 Timothy 4:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Psalm 121:7; 1 Corinthians 1:9
- 4 Philippians 1:6; Philemon 21; 1 Thessalonians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 2:3; Philippians 2:12
- 5 Psalm 119:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; Deuteronomy 30:6; 1 John 4:19; Hebrews 12:2–3
- 6 2 Thessalonians 3:10–11; 2 Thessalonians 3:7; Colossians 3:17; Romans 16:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:14
- 7 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; 1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Titus 2:7
- 8 Matthew 6:11; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; Ephesians 4:28; Acts 18:3; 1 Corinthians 4:12
- 9 2 Thessalonians 3:7; 1 Corinthians 9:4–14; 1 Thessalonians 2:6; Galatians 6:6; John 13:15
- 10 Genesis 3:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 21:25
- 11 1 Timothy 5:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 1 Peter 4:15
- 12 Ephesians 4:28; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; Luke 11:3; Proverbs 17:1
- 13 Galatians 6:9–10; Hebrews 12:3; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Isaiah 40:29–31
- 14 Titus 3:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 5:11; Psalm 83:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:8
- 15 Titus 3:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Corinthians 4:14; Galatians 6:1
- 16 Psalm 29:11; John 16:33; Matthew 1:23; John 14:27; Romans 15:33
- 17 1 Corinthians 16:21; Colossians 4:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:5; Joshua 2:12; 1 Samuel 17:18
- 18 Romans 16:20; Romans 16:23
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Neither ought we, having committed everything to the prayers of the Saints, to be idle ourselves, and run into wickedness, and to lay hold of nothing; nor again when working good to despise that succor. For great indeed are the things which prayer for us can effect, but it is when we ourselves also work.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
Since Paul also, having made infinite complaints, and said, "If any will not work, neither let him eat," stopped not at this, but added, "But ye, be not weary in well doing." "Nay, but these things are contradictory.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
We have learnt from the Apostle, "the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ" for our tribulations.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
But although Paul saith, "If any will not work, neither let him eat," to them he saith it; but to us he saith not this, but, on the contrary, "Be not weary in well doing." Even thus do we at home; when any two are striving with each other, we take each apart, and give them the opposite advice.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
if where they are strangers they shine so bright, how great will they become when they shall have won their native land!" Thus they too will be reformed, and the word of godliness "will have free course," not less than in the apostles' times.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)