Nowδὲwe commandΠαραγγέλλομενyou,ὑμῖνbrothers,ἀδελφοίinἐνthe nameὀνόματιof our Lordτοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶνJesusἸησοῦthe Messiah,Χριστοῦthat you keep awayστέλλεσθαι ὑμᾶςfromἀπὸeveryπαντὸςbrotherἀδελφοῦwho walksπεριπατοῦντοςin a disorderly wayἀτάκτωςandκαὶnotμὴaccording toκατὰthe traditionτὴν παράδοσινthatἣνthey receivedπαρελάβοσανfromπαρ’us.ἡμῶν
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Study it in the app“Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that you keep away from every brother who walks in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition that they received from us.”
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With the Greek beneath
2 Thessalonians 3:6, word by word
- we commandΠαραγγέλλομενParangellomen
command, instruct
Give orders, instruct.
Where else “Parangellomen” appears- brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- the nameὀνόματιonomati
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appears- of our Lordκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears- JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears- that you keep awayστέλλεσθαιstellesthai
avoid, keep away
Avoid, take care to keep away from something.
Where else “stellesthai” appears- who walksπεριπατοῦντοςperipatountos
live
To live in a certain way: "walk in love".
Where else “peripatountos” appears- in a disorderly wayἀτάκτωςataktōs
in a disorderly way
In a disorderly way, not keeping to one's duty.
Where else “ataktōs” appears- the traditionπαράδοσινparadosin
tradition
Tradition: what is handed down from one generation to the next, such as the rules of the Jewish teachers.
Where else “paradosin” appears- they receivedπαρελάβοσανparelabosan
receive
To accept what another hands over: a teaching, a person.
Where else “parelabosan” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Some manuscripts read “that you received.”
The context
5And may the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of the Messiah.
6 · This verse (above)
7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not disorderly among you,