Tièsāluóníjiāhòushū 3:7

7 Nǐmen zìjǐ yuán zhīdào yīngdāng zĕnyàng xiàofǎ wǒmen . yīnwei wǒmen zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān , wèi cháng bú àn guīju ér xíng .

Tièsāluóníjiāhòushū 3:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Thessalonians 3:7

For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us
The apostle goes on to dissuade from that which denominates persons disorderly walkers, and exposes them to the censure of the church, and that partly by the example of the apostles, and partly by their command. He appeals to them, to their knowledge and judgment, it being a thing well known to them, that they ought to walk as they had the apostles for ensamples; for who should they follow but their spiritual fathers, shepherds, and guides? and especially so far as they were followers of Christ, as they were, in the case referred unto, working with their own hands:

for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
they could appeal to them as witnesses, and God also, how holily, justly, and unblamably they walked among them; see ( 1 Thessalonians 2:10 ) and particularly, that they did not live an idle and inactive life among them.

Tièsāluóníjiāhòushū 3:7 In-Context

5 Yuàn zhǔ yǐndǎo nǐmen de xīn , jiào nǐmen aì shén bìng xué Jīdū de rĕnnaì .

6 Dìxiōng men , wǒmen fèng zhǔ Yēsū Jīdū de míng fēnfu nǐmen , fán yǒu dìxiōng bú àn guīju ér xíng , bù zūnshǒu cóng wǒmen suǒ shòu de jiàoxun , jiù dāng yuǎn lí tā .

7 Nǐmen zìjǐ yuán zhīdào yīngdāng zĕnyàng xiàofǎ wǒmen . yīnwei wǒmen zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān , wèi cháng bú àn guīju ér xíng .

8 Yĕ wèi cháng bái chī rén de fàn . dào shì xīnkǔ laólù , zhòuyè zuò gōng , miǎndé jiào nǐmen yī rén shòu léi .

9 Zhè bìng bú shì yīn wǒmen méiyǒu quánbǐng , nǎi shì yào gĕi nǐmen zuò bǎngyàng , jiào nǐmen xiàofǎ wǒmen .