“For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;”
King James Version (KJV)
3:5 Now the Lord - The Spirit, whose proper work this is. Direct - Lead you straight forward. Into the patience of Christ - Of which he set you a pattern.
3:6 That walketh disorderly - Particularly by not working. Not according to the tradition he received of us - The admonition we gave, both by word of mouth, and in our former epistle.
2Th 3:7 Ye know how ye ought to follow us. For Paul's example in the matter of work at Thessalonica, see 1Th 2:9. He labors for his own support.
For your selues know how yee ought to follow vs: for wee behaued not our selues disorderly among you,
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined manner among you,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
- American Standard Version (1901)
For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,
- Basic English Bible
For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;
- Darby Bible
For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
- Webster's Bible
For you yourselves know that it is your duty to follow our example. There was no disorder in our lives among you,
- Weymouth Bible
For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you,
- World English Bible
For `ye silf witen, hou it bihoueth to sue vs. For we weren not vnpesible among you,
- Wycliffe Bible
for yourselves have known how it behoveth [you] to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you;
- Youngs Literal Bible