2 Thessalonians 3:6

• §2830Article 3 · The Seven PetitionsRead at vatican.va

  “He is not inviting us to idleness,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Thess 3:6-13.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.4Book III

  “…believe in Christ do assent, having salvation written in their hearts by the Spirit, without paper or ink, and, carefully preserving the ancient tradition, believing in one God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and all things therein, by means of Christ Jesus, the Son of God; who, because of His surpassing love…” — editor's note: [The uneducated barbarians must receive the Gospel on testimony. Irenæus puts apostolic traditions, genuine and uncorrupt, in this relation to the primary…

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 54

  ““We command you,” he says, “in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 6. [Cyprian virtually commands Cornelius, through the Apostle, what course to take. Elucidation XIII.]

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• Cyprian of Carthage, On the Unity of the Church

  “The word of the witnessing apostle is: “We command you,” says he, “in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from all brethren that walk disorderly, and not after the tradition that they have received from us.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 6.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.69Book III

  “Paul to the Thessalonians: “But we have commanded you, in the name of Jesus Christ, that ye depart from all brethren who walk disorderly, and not according to the tradition which they have received from us.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 6. [A very noteworthy safeguard of apostolic ordinances; but mark the charity with which it is softened, 2 Thess. iii. 14, 15. Compare also cap.…

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4

  “Now them that are such we charge and beseech in our Lord Jesus Christ, that with silence they work, and eat their own bread.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 6–12

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Idolatry Chapter 5

  “Again, they say the same apostle has left a precept, according to his own example, “That each one work with his own hands for a living.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 11; 2 Thess. iii. 6–12.

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• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 14

  “…for your investigation, this very question: Whether there were in the first Epistle others, too, who “wholly saddened” the apostle by “acting disorderly,” and “were wholly saddened” by him, through incurring (his) “rebuke,” according to the sense of the second Epistle; of whom some particular one may in that…” — editor's note: Comp. 2 Thess. iii. 6, 11.

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• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 18

  “If, moreover, even from a “brother” who “walketh idly” he warns the Thessalonians to withdraw themselves, how much more withal from a fornicator!” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 6.

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• Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 2

  “…whether there is room for maintaining that the Paraclete has taught any such thing as can either be charged with novelty, in opposition to catholic tradition, or with burdensomeness, in opposition to the “light burden” of the Lord.” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Cor. xi. 2; 2 Thess. ii. 15; iii. 6. Comp. the Gr. text and the Vulg. in locis.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, The Institutes X.7Book X

  “…“But we ask you, brethren,” but “We adjure you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother that walketh disorderly.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 6.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes X.13Book X

  “For in his first Epistle he speaks of them as “disorderly,” and not walking according to the traditions which they had received from him: and he also asserts that they were restless, and ate their bread for nought.” — editor's note: A mistake on Cassian’s part: the reference being to 2 Thess. iii. 6.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes X.21Book X

  “Those also whom he notes as disorderly and rebellious, from these he charges those who are earnest to separate themselves: “That ye withdraw yourselves,” says he, “from every brother that walketh disorderly and not according to the tradition which they received from us.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 11, 6; 1 Thess. iv. 11.

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Cited together with

• Revelation 22:17

  Cited together in Against Heresies III.4.

• Exodus 20:4

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.

• 2 Kings 18:4

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.

• Matthew 11:30

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 2.

• John 16:12

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 2.

• John 16:13

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 2.

• 1 Corinthians 7:20

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.

• 1 Corinthians 9:2

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 9:3

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 9:4

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 9:6

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 9:7

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 10:6

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.

• 1 Corinthians 10:11

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.

• 1 Corinthians 11:2

  Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 2.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:9

  Cited together in The Institutes X.7.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:10

  Cited together in The Institutes X.7.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:11

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5 and 1 other place.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:15

  Cited together in Against Heresies III.4 and 1 other place.

Parallel passages

• 1 Corinthians 1:10

  1 Corinthians 1:10 and 2 Thessalonians 3:6 share the same wording (9 words).