Analysis Of The Chapter
2 Thessalonians 3 is made up of exhortations and directions in regard to the performance of various Christian duties.
(1)The apostle asks for their prayers; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2. He desires them to pray particularly that the true religion might be prospered, and that, in preaching the gospel, he might be delivered from the opposition of unreasonable and wicked men.
(2)He expresses confidence that God would incline them to do what was right, and prays that he would keep their hearts in his love, and in patient waiting for the Saviour; 2 Thessalonians 3:3-5.
(3)He commands them to remove from their number those who were disorderly, and especially those who were idle, and addresses an earnest exhortation to this class, that they would be diligently engaged in the prosecution of the business of their appropriate callings; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12.
(4)He exhorts them not to be weary in doing well; 2 Thessalonians 3:13.
(5)He directs that if any one should not obey the commands given in this Epistle, he should be noted, and they were to separate themselves from him. Yet they were not to regard him as an enemy, but to admonish him as a brother; 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15.
(6)The Epistle closes with the usual salutations;2 Thessalonians 3:16-18 2 Thessalonians 3:16-18.