2 Thessalonians 3:11 (LSB)

Passage

For we hear that some among you are walking in an unruly manner, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 3:9 not because we do not have the authority, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would imitate us.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we used to command this to you: if anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat.

2 Thessalonians 3:11 For we hear that some among you are walking in an unruly manner, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.

2 Thessalonians 3:12 Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that working with quietness, they eat their own bread.

2 Thessalonians 3:13 But as for you, brothers, do not lose heart in doing good.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hear", "some", "walking", "unruly", "manner", "doing", "acting", and "like". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hear" and "some", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "For even when we were with you..." into verse 12's "Now such persons we command and exhort...", so "hear" and "some" belong inside that flow. In 2 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hear" and "some" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.