And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
The verse expresses confidence in the Lord concerning the Thessalonian brethren that they both do and will continue to do the things commanded them. That confidence comes after prayer that the word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified and for deliverance from unreasonable and wicked men who have not faith. It stands before the assurance that the Lord is faithful to stablish believers and keep them from evil and to direct their hearts into the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ.
The things commanded are to withdraw from every brother that walks disorderly and not after the tradition received. They include following the example of orderly behavior and self-support, which did not eat any man's bread for nothing but worked with labor and travail night and day at a trade while teaching, so as not to be chargeable to anyone. They include the rule that if any would not work neither should he eat, because the disorderly work not at all but are busybodies. They therefore require working with quietness and eating one's own bread, and being not weary in well doing. So understood, the verse encourages steadfastness and faithful work in the duties God has given, despite opposition and delayed deliverance.
The verse expresses confidence in the Lord concerning the Thessalonian brethren that they both do and will continue to do the things commanded them. That confidence comes after prayer that the word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified and for deliverance from unreasonable and wicked men who have not faith. It stands before the assurance that the Lord is faithful to stablish believers and keep them from evil and to direct their hearts into the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ.
The things commanded are to withdraw from every brother that walks disorderly and not after the tradition received. They include following the example of orderly behavior and self-support, which did not eat any man's bread for nothing but worked with labor and travail night and day at a trade while teaching, so as not to be chargeable to anyone. They include the rule that if any would not work neither should he eat, because the disorderly work not at all but are busybodies. They therefore require working with quietness and eating one's own bread, and being not weary in well doing. So understood, the verse encourages steadfastness and faithful work in the duties God has given, despite opposition and delayed deliverance.