2 Thessalonians 3:13 (WEB)
But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing what is right.
Catechism · 1
“He is not inviting us to idleness,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Thess 3:6-13.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Chrysostom
“For after saying, “He that worketh not, neither let him eat” ( 2 Thess. iii. 10 ), he says, “But ye be not weary in well doing.” ( 2 Thess. iii. 13.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Since Paul also, having made infinite complaints, and said, “If any will not work, neither let him eat,” stopped not at this, but added, “But ye, be not weary in well doing.”“Nay, but these things are contradictory.” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 10, 13.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…teaching and premonishing, “Now them which are such we command and beseech in our Lord Jesus Christ, that with silence they work and eat their own bread;” yet, lest they which had whereof they might supply the needs of the servants of God, should hence take occasion to wax lazy, providing against this he hath…” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 12, 13
Read the whole comment“Let it be known then to the rest, our brethren and sons, who are accustomed to favor such men, and through ignorance to defend this kind of presumption, that they need themselves most chiefly to be corrected, in order that those may be corrected, nor that they become “weary in well-doing.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 13
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.