This is the second largest portion in 2 Thessalonians. There are a few able-bodied believers within that congregation engaged in a habitual pattern of laziness and refusing to work with their own hands. This is now the second time Paul has addressed the issue there (cf. 1 Thess 4:9-12; 5:14 ); his patience has run out. Paul points to his own manual labor among them and calls them to imitate his responsible, productive living. Paul tells working believers to practice church discipline and to admonish the idle as brothers. In addition, he encourages the church to not grow weary in doing good. He leaves them with the ever-present, all-encompassing peace and presence of the Lord Jesus.