Warning Against Idleness
6 But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; 8 nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, 9 not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.
10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.
13 But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. 14 And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Benediction
16 Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all.
17 The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is a sign in every epistle; so I write.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Under authority
John 5:30 (NKJV)
“I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
John 6:38 (NKJV)
“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 7:28 (NKJV)
Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.
John 4:34 (NKJV)
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.
John 5:23 (NKJV)
“that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
John 5:24 (NKJV)
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
John 5:30 (NKJV)
“I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
John 5:36 (NKJV)
“But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish--the very works that I do--bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
John 5:37 (NKJV)
“And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
John 5:38 (NKJV)
“But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.
John 6:29 (NKJV)
Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
John 6:38 (NKJV)
“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 6:39 (NKJV)
“This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
John 6:40 (NKJV)
“And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
John 6:44 (NKJV)
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:57 (NKJV)
“As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
John 7:16 (NKJV)
Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
John 7:18 (NKJV)
“He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.
John 7:28 (NKJV)
Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.
John 7:29 (NKJV)
“But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
John 7:33 (NKJV)
Then Jesus said to them, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and [then] I go to Him who sent Me.
John 8:16 (NKJV)
“And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I [am] with the Father who sent Me.
John 8:18 (NKJV)
“I am One who bears witness of Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”
John 8:26 (NKJV)
“I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.”
John 8:29 (NKJV)
“And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”
John 8:42 (NKJV)
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.
John 9:4 (NKJV)
“I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; [the] night is coming when no one can work.
John 11:42 (NKJV)
“And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said [this,] that they may believe that You sent Me.”
John 12:44 (NKJV)
Then Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me.
John 12:45 (NKJV)
“And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.
John 12:49 (NKJV)
“For I have not spoken on My own [authority;] but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
John 13:20 (NKJV)
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”
John 14:24 (NKJV)
“He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
John 15:21 (NKJV)
“But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.
John 16:5 (NKJV)
“But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
John 17:3 (NKJV)
“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
John 17:8 (NKJV)
“For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received [them,] and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.
John 17:18 (NKJV)
“As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
John 17:21 (NKJV)
“that they all may be one, as You, Father, [are] in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
John 17:23 (NKJV)
“I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
John 17:25 (NKJV)
“O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me.
John 20:21 (NKJV)
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
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