2 THESSALONIANS 3:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.”
And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command — the confidence (pepoithos) in the Thessalonians' obedience flows from trust in the Lord. Apostolic command (parangellō) carries weight; Paul expects compliance.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 3:4
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. For this reason Paul also, praying for them, and again giving them assurance from the promise, says, “But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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