2 Thessalonians 3:13
But ye, brethren, w4be not weary in well doing.
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, μὴ ἐκκακήσητε καλοποιοῦντες.
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Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
2 Peter 1:4-1:8 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6. And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7. And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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Or, faint not.
the apostle now directs his speech to those of the church that were not guilty of the disorders before mentioned, to whom he speaks in mild and familiar language, as if the others deserved not to be so called.
and that which he speaks to them is, not to be weary of well doing.
The Greek word is often used about sufferings, as 2Co 4:1 Eph 3:13; and then usually translated fainting, and which seems to be its most proper use, to shrink or faint as cowards in war; Μη εκκακησητε, Ne segnescite, definite, defatigamini; it signifies a receding or fainting, or tiring in our duty, because of the evil that attends it. Sometimes it is used of prayer, Luk 18:1; and sometimes generally of all duties of religion, which are generally called well doing, Gal 6:9, and signifies either a slothfulness in them, or weariness of them: as those whom the prophets complain of, Amo 8:5 Mal 1:13. The apostle useth the same word in this sense, Gal 6:9: Let us not be weary in well doing; and in the text, those that did walk orderly, he exhorts them to hold on their course, either more peculiarly to the works of charity, which are called well doing, Php 4:14; though those that worked not did not deserve them, or enjoy them, yet this should not discourage them from practising them towards others: or the word may extend more generally to all good works; we should persevere in them without fainting or weariness, notwithstanding the evils that may threaten us therein.