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2Th_3:6. Παραγγέλλομεν δέ ] An application of the general ἃ παραγγέλλομεν , 2Th_3:4, to a special case.
ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ʼΙ . Χρ .] belongs to παραγγέλλομεν , not to what follows. A solemn reference to the high authority for this injunction. Comp. 1Co_5:4.
στέλλεσθαι ἀπό τινος ] to withdraw himself from every one, to avoid his company. Comp. ὑποστέλλειν ἑαυτόν , Gal_2:12, and ὑποστέλλεσθαι , Heb_10:38.
ἀτάκτως ] see on 1Th_5:14.
κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν , ἣν κ . τ . λ .] refers not to instruction by the example of the apostle (Chrysostom, Theodoret, Oecumenius, Theophylact, Hofmann), which is first mentioned in what follows, but to the definite instruction which the apostle had given to them orally, during his presence at Thessalonica (comp. 2Th_3:10; 1Th_4:11), and then confirmed by writing (1Th_4:11-12).
παρελάβοσαν ] A well-known constructio ad sensum adapted to the collective form ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀδελφοῦ . See Kühner, II. p. 42.
On the verbal form, comp. Sturz, de dial. Alex. p. 60; Lobeck, ad Phryn. p. 349.