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Often appears with: justice as a virtue · idleness in the church · custom and the manners of a people · crime and punishment · closing salutation · church discipline
Usually: argument (1) · temptation (1) · exhortation (1)
“For when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any which would not work, that the same should not eat.” William Tyndale, The first New Testament printed in English · precept
Paul urges separation from disorderly Christians who refuse to work, insists believers should work quietly and eat their own bread, promises peace from “the lord of peace,” and closes with his token salutation and instructions.
lord to youward, that ye both do, and will do, that which we command you. And the lord guide your hearts unto the love of God, and patience of Christ. We require you brethren in the name of our lord Iesu Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the institution which ye received of us. Ye yourselves know how ye ought to counterfeit us: For we behaved not ourselve…