2 Thessalonians 3:14

And if any man obey not our word,.... Of command, to work quietly, and eat his own bread, now signified "by this epistle", particularly in Th2 3:12,

note that man; some read this clause in…

And if any man obey not our word by this epistle - Margin, “or signify that man by an epistle.” According to the marginal reading this would mean “signify, mark out, or designate that man to me by an…

If any man obey not - They had disobeyed his word in the first epistle, and the Church still continued to bear with them; now he tells the Church, if they still continue to disregard what is said to…

The apostle having commended their obedience for the time past, and mentioned his confidence in their obedience for the time to come, proceeds to give them commands and directions to some who were…

And if anyman obey not our word by this epistle More strictly, But if any one obeys not, &c. As the writer passes, by a contrasting Butin 2Th 3:13, from the disorderly fraction to the well-conducted…