2Thessalonians 3:6-15
“Beloved brothers and sisters, we instruct you, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to stay away from believers who are unruly and who stray from all that we have taught you. For you know very well that you should order your lives after our example, because we were not undisciplined when we were with you. We didn’t sponge off of you, but we worked hard night and day to provide our own food and lodging and not be a burden to any of you. It wasn’t because we don’t have the right to be supported, but we wanted to provide you an example to follow. For when we were with you we instructed you with these words: “Anyone who does not want to work for a living should go hungry.” Now, we hear rumors that some of you are being lazy and neglecting to work—that these people are not busy but busybodies! So with the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, we order them to go back to work in an orderly fashion and exhort them to earn their own living. Brothers and sisters, don’t ever grow weary in doing what is right. Take special note of anyone who won’t obey what we have written and stay away from them, so that they would be ashamed and get turned around. Yet don’t regard them as enemies, but caution them as fellow believers.”
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 TPT
Cross references
Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; Acts 18:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:9;
1 Corinthians 9:4–14; 2 Thessalonians 3:7; Genesis 3:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:11;
1 Timothy 5:13; 1 Peter 4:15; Ephesians 4:28; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 4:1;
Galatians 6:9–10; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Galatians 6:1;1 Thessalonians 5:14
Just Plain Lazy
Do you ever find yourself falling into laziness?
Maybe you go to work everyday, but you kind of slack off on the job and take short cuts.
It is easy to look at others and find someone worse than yourself.
Paul reminds us not to grow weary in well doing in this passage.
It is good to work and be responsible, but I think Paul is encouraging them as they work to remember those who have fallen and encourage them.
We should all strive to be an example of Christ.
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