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Forγὰρyou yourselvesαὐτοὶknowοἴδατεhowπῶςyou oughtδεῖto imitateμιμεῖσθαιus,ἡμᾶςbecauseὅτιwe were notοὐκdisorderlyἠτακτήσαμενamongἐνyou,ὑμῖν
2 Thessalonians 3:7
Study it in the app“For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not disorderly among you,”
Paul and his companions worked night and day so as not to burden anyoneWork and Rest
With the Greek beneath
2 Thessalonians 3:7, word by word
- knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears- you oughtδεῖdei
must
Something that has to be done.
Where else “dei” appears- to imitateμιμεῖσθαιmimeisthai
imitate
To imitate, to follow someone's example.
Where else “mimeisthai” appears- disorderlyἠτακτήσαμενētaktēsamen
be idle, be disorderly
Be out of line: leave one's post, fail to do one's duty.
Where else “ētaktēsamen” appears
The context
6Now 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but with labor and toil we worked night and day so as not to burden any of you;