Paul requests prayer for the word's rapid spread and deliverance from unreasonable and wicked men, expressing confidence in the Lord's faithfulness to establish and guard them from the evil one. He commands in the Lord's name to withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to received tradition, specifically addressing those who work not at all but are busybodies, commanding such to work quietly and eat their own bread, with instructions to note and avoid (yet admonish as a brother, not as an enemy) those who disobey this epistle.
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Athens
View on MapAthens was the intellectual capital of the ancient world, famous for its philosophers and the Areopagus. Paul visited Athens during his second missionary journey and delivered his famous sermon on Mars Hill, addressing the Athenians' altar to the "unknown god" and proclaiming the true God who raised Jesus from the dead.
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Encouragement in PersecutionChapters 1
Day of the LordChapters 2
Warning Against IdlenessChapters 3
Work quietly, discipline the idle.



