Bible Strands
2 Thessalonians 3:4
And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Thessalonian believers, affirming that their present obedience and future compliance with his instructions are secure.
The words — πεποίθαμεν (pepoithamen) denotes a firm, settled confidence, and ἃ (ha) points directly to the specific commands previously issued.
The thread — This confidence in ongoing obedience appears in Philippians 1:6, 1 Thessalonians 4:10, and Philemon 1:21, where apostolic authority and communal faithfulness intersect.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to align their conduct with established instruction, treating compliance as a matter of shared assurance rather than external pressure.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Greek words
King James Version
And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
Cross-references
- Philippians 1:6 being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
- Philemon 1:21 Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
- 2 Corinthians 2:3 I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
- Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12 We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
- Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Romans 15:14 I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.