2 Thessalonians, Chapter 3, verses 6-18
6 giveth them diverse precepts, especially to shun idleness and ill company, 16 and last of all concludeth with prayer and salutationLuke, Chapter 16, verses 15-18
14 Christ reproveth the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees16
16:15 And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men - The sense of the whole passage is, that pride, wherewith you justify yourselves, feeds covetousness, derides the Gospel, Luk 16:14, and destroys the law, Luk 16:18. All which is illustrated by a terrible example. Ye justify yourselves before men - Ye think yourselves righteous, and persuade others to think you so.
16:16 The law and the prophets were in force until John: from that time the Gospel takes place; and humble upright men receive it with inexpressible earnestness. Mat 11:13.
16:17 Not that the Gospel at all destroys the law. Mat 5:18.
16:18 But ye do; particularly in this notorious instance. Mat 5:31; Mat 19:7.
Luke, Chapter 17, verses 1-4
1 Christ teacheth to avoid occasions of offence, 3 One to forgive another17
17:1 It is impossible but offences will come - And they ever did and do come chiefly by Pharisees, that is, men who trust in themselves that they are righteous, and despise others. Mat 18:6; Mar 9:42.
17:2 Little ones - Weak believers.
17:3 Take heed to yourselves - That ye neither offend others, nor be offended by others. Mat 18:15.
17:4 If he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day return, saying, I repent - That is, if he give sufficient proof that he does really repent, after having sinned ever so often, receive him just as if he had never sinned against thee.But this forgiveness is due only to real penitents. In a lower sense we are to forgive all, penitent or impenitent; (so as to bear them the sincerest good will, and to do them all the good we can;) and that not seven times only, but seventy times seven.
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3:6 That walketh disorderly - Particularly by not working.Not according to the tradition he received of us - The admonition we gave, both by word of mouth, and in our former epistle.
3:10 Neither let him eat - Do not maintain him in idleness.
3:11 Doing nothing, but being busybodies - To which idleness naturally disposes.
3:12 Work quietly - Letting the concerns of other people alone.
3:14 Have no company with him - No intimacy, no familiarity, no needless correspondence.
3:15 Admonish him as a brother - Tell him lovingly of the reason why you shun him.
3:16 The Lord of peace - Christ. Give you peace by all means - In every way and manner.