For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you,
      1. More generally. There were some who walked disorderly, not after the tradition they received from the apostle, 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:6. Some of the brethren were guilty of this disorderly walking; they did not live regularly, nor govern themselves according to the rules of Christianity, nor agreeably to their profession of religion; not according to the precepts delivered by the apostle, which they had received, and pretended to pay a regard to. Note, It is required of those who have received the gospel, and who profess a subjection to it, that they live according to the gospel. If they do not, they are to be counted disorderly persons.