John Bengel Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 3:6 - 3:6

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John Bengel Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 3:6 - 3:6


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2Th 3:6. Στέλλεσθαι) This word is properly applied to sailors and travellers, to be bound for some place, or to set out from some place. Hence to avoid; comp. 2Th 3:14. He keeps the Thessalonians in suspense, until at 2Th 3:11 he brings out the matter, at which he was aiming. They seem to have given up labour on account of the near approach of the day of Christ. The admonitions of the first epistle were more gentle; in the second, there is now some degree of complaint, although that complaint regards a slip of that kind which only tempts minds of high (spiritual) attainments.-πάντος, from every) although he may be otherwise walking speciously [with a fair show].-ἀτάκτως, disorderly) Therefore the Order of Mendicants is not an order, but a burden [2Th 3:8, ἐπιβαρῆσαι] upon the republic, 2Th 3:8. If the Thessalonians had bound themselves by a vow, what would Paul have said?