2 Thessalonians 3:13
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
KJV
ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, μὴ ἐγκακήσητε καλοποιοῦντες.
Greek NT
Vos autem, fratres, nolite deficere benefacientes.
Vulgate
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.
ASV
But you, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καλοποιέω
kalopoieo
verb · 1×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐκκακέω
ekkakeo
verb · 6×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐγκακήσητε | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐγκακήσητε | RP: ἐκκακήσητε
- ἐγκακήσητε — SBLGNT
- ἐγκακήσητε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐκκακήσητε — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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1. Having boldly reflected on the faults of the Hebrews, and sufficiently alarmed them, he consoles them, first, by praises, and secondly (which also is the stronger ground), by the [thought] that they would certainly attain the object of their hope. Moreover he draws his consolation, not from things future, but again from the past, which indeed would the rather persuade them. …
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:28 — And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
- 1Thess 4:1 — Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
- 2Cor 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
- 2Cor 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
- 2Cor 4:16 — For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- Deut 20:8 — And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as w
- Eph 3:13 — Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
- Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- Heb 6:11 — And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
- Heb 12:3 — For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- Heb 12:3 — For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
- Heb 13:16 — But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
- Isa 40:29 — He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
- Luke 17:4 — And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
- Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
- Mal 1:13 — Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I
- Phil 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
- Ps 27:13 — I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Rev 2:3 — And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
- Rev 2:3 — And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
- Rom 2:7 — To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
- Zeph 3:16 — In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.