12 [a]Therefore them that are such, we warn and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness, and eat their own bread.

13 [b]And ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

14 [c]If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, and have no [d]company with him, [e]that he may be ashamed.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:12 The Lord commandeth, and the Apostles pray in the name of Christ, first that no men be idle, and next, that every man do quietly and carefully see to do his duty in that office and calling wherein the Lord hath placed him.
  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:13 We must take heed that some men’s unworthiness cause us not to be slacker in well doing.
  3. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 Excommunication is a punishment for the obstinate.
  4. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 We must have no familiarity nor fellowship with the excommunicate.
  5. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 The end of the excommunication is not the destruction, but the salvation of the sinner, that at least through shame he may be driven in repentance.

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