2 Thessalonians 3:7
For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,
For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,
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4And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.
5And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.
6Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.
8And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:
9Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.
10For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.
11For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.
12Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.
13And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.
14And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.
9For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.
10You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;
11Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
12So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
16Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.
17Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.
1And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
2Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
5Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.
6And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;
7So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.
11And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
12That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
3So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.
4And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.
1For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:
12But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;
1So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.
2Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.
5For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
6Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.
7But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
9For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,
15So then, brothers, be strong in purpose, and keep the teaching which has been given to you by word or by letter from us.
7For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;
7In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,
2Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,
11Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;
12For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
3For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
3For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:
14For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;
1At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,
14And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.
6But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.
16So my desire is that you take me as your example.
10But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;
3Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
14Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:
4And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you: