2 THESSALONIANS 3:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.”
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us — the command (parangellō) is issued 'in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ' (en onomati kyriou Iēsou Christou), carrying Christological authority. The 'idle' (ataktos) brother is to be ostracized (stello, to avoid). Apostolic tradition is the norm.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 3:6
That is, it is not we that say these things, but Christ, for that is the meaning of “in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ”; equivalent to “through Christ.” Showing the fearfulness of the message, he says, through Christ. Christ therefore commanded us in no case to be idle. “That you withdraw yourselves,” he says, “from every brother.” Tell me not of the rich, tell me not of the poor, tell me not of the holy. This is disorder. “That walks,” he says, that is, lives. “And not…
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