Commentary:
I. Salutation (1:1-2)
II. Thanksgiving and Prayer (1:3-12)
III. Second Coming of Christ (2:1-17)
IV. Prayer for Evangelism and Deliverance (3:1-5)
V. Command against Idleness (3:6-12)
A. Command on Idleness and Tradition (3:6)
B. Tradition and Imitation (3:7-10)
C. Exhortation against Idleness (3:11-12)
VI. Conclusion (3:13-18)
11. For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.
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12. Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.
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