2Th_3:7. Confirmation of
κατὰ
τὴν
παράδοσιν
,
ἣν
παρελάβοσαν
. The instruction imparted was sufficiently known to the readers: what Paul commanded, he practically exhibited by his own conduct.
αὐτοί
] ye yourselves, without it being necessary for me to speak much about it.
πῶς
δεῖ
μιμεῖσθαι
ἡμᾶς
] a concise expression, meaning: What is your incumbent walk, and how, in consequence of it, ye will be my imitators.
ὅτι
] for. Unnaturally, Hofmann:
ὅτι
is to be translated by that, and is added as a parallel expression to
πῶς
δεῖ
μιμεῖσθαι
ἡμᾶς
, in which also 2Th_3:9 is absorbed.
ἀτακτεῖν
] equal to
ἀτάκτως
περιπατεῖν
, 2Th_3:6. Only here in the N. T.