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2Th_3:10. A further reason, along with the example of the apostle, which should preserve them from ἀτάκτως περιπατεῖν .
γάρ ] co-ordinate with the γάρ in 2Th_3:7. καί cannot serve to bring out ὅτε ἦμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς (so Hofmann), so that it would be explained, with Theodoret: Οὐδὲν καινὸν ὑμῖν γράφομεν , ἀλλʼ ἅπερ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὑμᾶς ἐδιδάξαμεν . For ὅτε ἦμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς is no new additional idea, but only again resumes what was at least already implied in 2Th_3:7-8. Καί must accordingly be taken with τοῦτο παρηγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν , and the emphasis lies on τοῦτο , which is placed first. The meaning is: for even when we were with you, this we commanded you.
τοῦτο ] namely, what follows: ὅτι εἴ τις κ . τ . λ .
εἴ τις οὐ θέλει ἐργάζεσθαι , μηδὲ ἐσθιέτω ] was a Jewish proverb; see Schoettgen and Wetstein in loco. It has its root in the expression in Gen_3:19, that man in the sweat of his brow shall eat his bread.
οὐ θέλει ] Bengel: Nolle vitium est.