Verse 9
These things which ye have both learned ,.... Meaning from himself, in a doctrinal way:
and received ; not only into their heads but hearts, had embraced cordially, with great affection, in the love thereof, as well as given a full assent to:
and heard ; either publicly or privately, from the pulpit, or in conversation; or had heard of him when absent, or from him when present:
and seen in me : in his life and conversation, which were well known, and were a pattern to them that believe; and therefore he adds,
do ; practise the same things which they had learned from him as their duty, and had heard him urge as such, and had seen exemplified in himself:
and the God of peace shall be with you ; to give that peace which is beyond the conception of a natural man, and the expression of a spiritual one, and is the great preservative through Christ; and to enable to do and to continue to do the above things, and to keep them from all harm, and every enemy of their souls; to favour them with his gracious presence here, and with endless peace hereafter.
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