Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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2 Thessalonians 3:12
by—The oldest manuscripts read, "IN the Lord Jesus." So the Greek, I Thessalonians 4:1, implying the sphere wherein such conduct is appropriate and consistent. "We exhort you thus, as ministers IN Christ, exhorting our people IN Christ."
with quietness—quiet industry; laying aside restless, bustling, intermeddling officiousness (II Thessalonians 3:11).
their own—bread earned by themselves, not another's bread (II Thessalonians 3:8).
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