4:2

For you know the instructions we gave you: This verse gives Paul’s reason for what he told the Thessalonians to do in 4:1c. That is, these were not new instructions, but ones he had already given them when he was in Thessalonica.

by the authority of the Lord Jesus: The commentators agree that this relates to the fact that Jesus had authorized Paul and his companions to teach people.

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