King James Version

2 Thessalonians 3:7

In 2 Thessalonians 3 of 2 Thessalonians.

For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

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αὐτοὶautoiyourselvesαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “yourselves”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.yourselvesγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.οἴδατεoidateto perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveπῶςpōshowπῶςconjunction — “how”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.howδεῖdeibindδέω (déō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “bind”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1210I bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel; I declare to be prohibited and unlawful.Strong’s files this form under G1163 (δεῖ).ye oughtμιμεῖσθαιmimeisthaito followμιμέομαι (mimeomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to follow”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3401I imitate, follow.to followἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἠτακτήσαμενētaktēsamenourselves disorderlyἀτακτέω (atakteō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “ourselves disorderly”, a single actionG812(lit: I march out of order; then: I riot, rebel), behave disorderly, neglect my duty, am careless (or idle) in habits.ourselves disorderlyἐνenamongἐνpreposition — “among”G1722in, on, among.amongὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.you

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for yourselves have known how it behoveth [you] to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

Young’s Literal Translation

for yourselves have known how it behoveth [you] to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you;

World English Bible

For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

Darby Translation

For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;

Douay-Rheims

For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;

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