2Th 3:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. we have confidence in the Lord —as "faithful" ( ). Have confidence in no man when left to himself [BENGEL ]. that ye both do —Some of the oldest manuscripts insert a clause, "that ye both have done" before, "and are doing, and will do." He means the majority by "ye," not all of them (compare ).

2 Thessalonians 3:4

4. we have confidence in the Lord—as "faithful" (2Th 3:3). Have confidence in no man when left to himself [BENGEL].

that ye both do—Some of the oldest manuscripts insert a clause, "that ye both have done" before, "and are doing, and will do." He means the majority by "ye," not all of them (compare 2Th 3:11; 2Th 1:3; 1Th 3:6).