Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.
The misconception that the coming of Christ is close at hand caused many difficulties in the congregation at Thessalonica. In both letters Paul addresses the importance of brethren working with their hands and properly supporting their families. "And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with you own hands, as we commanded you" (1 Thessalonians 4:1).