## Now ##

marks a new topic.

## we command...from us ##

"we" and "us" refers to Paul, Silas and Timothy. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]]).

## command you...you avoid ##

"you" refers to the Thessalonian believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])

## we command you ##

"we charge you" or "we order you"

## our Lord ##

"our" includes the Thessalonians believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]]).

## live idly  ##

"is lazy and refuses to work" (UDB)

## to imitate us ##

"to act like us"

## in labor and toil we worked ##

The words "labor" and "toil" mean basically the same thing. Paul uses them to emphasize how hard they worked. AT: "we worked very hard" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

## night and day ##

"during the night and during the day"

## It is not that we do not have authority  ##

"We have authority" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])