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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 THESSALONIANS 3 In this chapter the apostle requests of the Thessalonians, that they would pray for him, and other Gospel ministers; and he puts up prayers for them, gives them rules about dealing with disorderly persons, and concludes the epistle with his usual salutation. The request to pray for ministers is in 2 Thessalonians 3:1 the petitions to be made for them are, that...
John Gill
For we hear that there are some,.... This is the reason of the order or command given in 2 Thessalonians 3:6 for withdrawing from disorderly persons. When the apostle was with them, he observed that there were idle persons among them, and therefore gave orders then, that if they would not work, they should not eat; and in his former epistle, having intelligence that there were still such persons...
Matthew Henry
In the close of the foregoing chapter, the apostle had prayed earnestly for the Thessalonians, and now he desires their prayers, encouraging them to trust in God, to which he subjoins another petition for them, ver. 1-5. He then proceeds to give them commands and directions for correcting some things he was informed were amiss among them (ver. 6-15) and concludes with benedictions and prayers,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Not doing their own business, and therefore putting their noses into everybody else’s business. If they had minded their own affairs, they would have left other people alone. There are such people alive now. We must not be surprised if we meet them seeing that they were alive in the apostle’s...