For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."
      (3.) He exhorts those that did well not to be weary in well-doing (2 Thessalonians 3:13; 2 Thessalonians 3:13); as if he had said, "Go on and prosper. The Lord is with you while you are with him. See that whatever you do, that is good, you persevere therein. Hold on your way, and hold out to the end. You must never give over, nor tire in your work. It will be time enough to rest when you come to heaven, that everlasting rest which remains for the people of God."