2 Thessalonians 3:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Παραγγέλλομεν δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, στέλλεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀδελφοῦ ἀτάκτως περιπατοῦντος, καὶ μὴ κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ἣν παρέλαβε παρʼ ἡμῶν.

Transliteration

Parangellomen de you, adelphoi, en onomati tou Kyriou our Iēsou Christou, stellesthai you apo pantos adelphou ataktōs peripatountos, kai mē kata tēn paradosin hēn parelabe par' us.

Grammar Details

• *Parangellomen*: present indicative, active, 1st plural - we command/instruct
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but/now
• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *en onomati*: preposition + dative - in the name
• *tou Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Lord
• *Iēsou Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Jesus Christ
• *stellesthai*: present infinitive, middle - to withdraw/keep away
• *apo*: preposition + genitive - from
• *pantos*: genitive, masculine, singular - every
• *adelphou*: genitive, masculine, singular - brother
• *ataktōs*: adverb - disorderly/unruly/idle
• *peripatountos*: present participle, active, genitive, masculine, singular - walking/living
• *kata*: preposition + accusative - according to
• *tēn paradosin*: accusative, feminine, singular - the tradition/teaching
• *hēn*: accusative, feminine, singular, relative pronoun - which
• *parelabe*: aorist indicative, active, 3rd singular - he received
• *par'*: preposition (*para*) + genitive - from

Word Meanings

• *Parangellomen*: we command/we instruct/we charge
• *onomati*: name/authority
• *stellesthai*: to withdraw/to keep away/to avoid
• *ataktōs*: disorderly/unruly/idle/irresponsibly
• *peripatountos*: walking/living/conducting oneself
• *paradosin*: tradition/teaching/instruction

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 5:4 : 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
• 2 Thess 2:15 : 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
• Rom 16:17 : 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
• Matt 18:17 : 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
• 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
• Heb 12:15-16 : 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
• 2 Thess 3:7 : 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
• 2 Thess 3:10-11 : 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
• 2 Thess 3:14-15 : 14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
• 1 Cor 5:11-13 : 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
• 1 Cor 11:2 : 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
• 2 Cor 2:10 : 10 {G1161} To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
• Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
• Col 3:17 : 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
• 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
• 1 Tim 6:13-14 : 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 3 John 1:10-11 : 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
• 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;