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2Th_3:13. The apostle again turns himself to those who had kept themselves free from this fault.
ἐκκακεῖν ] with the following participle (see Kühner, II. p. 369) denotes to be weary in doing something.
καλοποιεῖν ] cannot signify “to be charitable” (Calvin, Estius, Flatt, Pelt, de Wette, Bloomfield, Ewald, Bisping, and most critics), so that the sense would be: But suffer not yourselves, through those who abuse your charity, to be restrained from exercising charity in general. The verb can only denote, so act as is right and proper. Comp. Gal_6:9. As Paul still speaks, even in 2Th_3:14-15, of the special matter which he treated of in the preceding words, καλοποιεῖν cannot be understood in its most general sense, but must be referred to the matter in question. Accordingly, the apostle requires that those who had kept themselves free from this fault should not be weary in doing what is right and proper, that is to say, that they should not suffer themselves to be infected with the evil example given.[72]
[72] Also Olshausen understands καλοποιεῖν only of doing good in general, but arbitrarily refers it—because anticipating the contents of ver. 15—to the loving and forbearing treatment of the brethren.