2 Tessalonicesi 3:7

7 Perciocchè voi stessi sapete come ci conviene imitare; poichè non ci siam portati disordinatamente fra voi.

2 Tessalonicesi 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.

2 Tessalonicesi 3:7 In-Context

5 Or il Signore addirizzi i vostri cuori all’amor di Dio, e alla paziente aspettazione di Cristo.
6 Ora, fratelli, noi vi ordiniamo, nel nome del Signor nostro Gesù Cristo, che vi ritiriate da ogni fratello che cammina disordinatamente, e non secondo l’insegnamento che ha ricevuto da noi.
7 Perciocchè voi stessi sapete come ci conviene imitare; poichè non ci siam portati disordinatamente fra voi.
8 E non abbiam mangiato il pane, ricevutolo da alcuno in dono; ma con fatica, e travaglio, lavorando notte e giorno, per non gravare alcun di voi.
9 Non già che non ne abbiamo la podestà; ma per darvi noi stessi per esempi, acciocchè c’imitiate.
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