[:en]Two prayer requests of Paul:
- That the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored.
- 2. That they may be delivered from wicked and evil men.
Paul warned the believers to keep away from idle brothers who stopped to work and become busybodies. He himself showed them as example by working night and day, laboring and toiling so that he would not be a burden to any of them. He told them to settle down and earn the bread they eat and gave them this rule: If a man will not work, he shall not eat”. He encouraged them to never tire of doing what is right. (vs. 6-13) and asked them not to associate of those who did not obey his instruction. But do not regard him as enemy but warn him as brother (vs. 14-15)[:]