2. παραγγελίας] Παραγγελία (for verb cf. v. 11 note) is found elsewhere in the Pauline Epp. only in 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:18, where it refers to the whole practical teaching of Christianity. Here the plur. points rather to special precepts (Vg. praecepta) or rules of living, which the writers had laid down when in Thessalonica, and which they had referred to the Lord Jesus (διὰτ. κυρ. Ἰης.) as the medium through whom alone they could be carried into effect: cf. Romans 15:30, 1 Corinthians 1:10. Thpht.: οὐκἐμὰγάρ, φησίν, ἃπαρήγγειλα, ἀλλʼ ἐκείνουταῦτα. For παραγγελία as denoting a ‘ word of command’ received as from a superior officer that it may be passed on to others cf. Xen. Hell. 2:1– 4, and for its use more particularly in connexion with instruction cf. Arist. Eth. Nic. 2:2. 4.