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2 Thessalonians 3:8 · BSB
3:8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
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speaker-0: First reading this morning is from2 Thessalonians chapter 3 verses 6 through 12. speaker-1: Yeah. speaker-0: Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother or…
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…in Paul's second letter to the Thessalonians. If you have your Bible, turn there briefly. Second thoughts in mind. You just have to turn one page.Second Thessalonians, chapter 3, verses 6 to 15. Here Paul addresses the sin of idleness in the church. He says verse 11. Some were not busy at work, but busy bodies. Paul exhorts them. Do your…
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…type of stealing that Paul dealt with a lot in his letters, and that was laziness or stealing by taking advantage of others' generosity. Paul in2 Thessalonians 3, verses 7-12took a strong stance on those who stole in this manner. This is what he says in verse 7, For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us,…
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…to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow [mimeograph] our example [that you would mimic our example]. (2 Thess. 3:7–9NASB) Then it's used negatively in 3 John 11: “Beloved, do not imitate [or mimic] what is evil.” You see, we have good examples and we have bad…
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…that you can glean from this is that giving flowed through the church and was distributed by the leadership of the church to meet the needs.2 Thessalonians chapter 3, verse 6 through 12, we find that the early church had developed quite a habit in the matter of benevolence, so much so that it became kind of, it became, how many of…
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…take responsibility with his own hands to provide for himself when it was right. If you're taking notes, I want you to write something down. It's2 Thessalonians 3, verses 6-12. It is a very strong warning from the Apostle Paul to those who are idle, to those who aren't working. It's very strong. We've got to heed it. As…
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