Reading for August 22nd

Read 2 Thess 3.1-15 Commands and exhortations.
Two sets of commands and encouragements to virtue (vv. 1-4 and 6-15) surround a prayer (v. 5).
In verse 1 finally, the last section of the letter.
In verses 6-15 commands and exhortations to the entire community (vv. 6-10)
and to the offending figures in the congregation (vv. 11-12) precede a command
on how to deal with the disobedient (vv. 13-15).
In verse 6 in idleness could also mean "in disorderliness."
Apparently expecting the Lord to return very soon, some in the congregation stopped working.
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