The Greek for "ordinances" is also translated "tradition" in 2 Thess.3:6 and 2:15: "Withdraw...from every brother that walketh..not after the tradition which he received of us...stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by (inspired, prophetic) word, or our epistle".
Kwa Kiyunani "amri" pia ni neno lililotafsiriwa "mapokeo" katika 2 Thes 3:16 na 2:15: "Jitengeni ….. na kila ndugu aendaye….. si kwa kufuata mapokeo mliyopokea kwetu…… simameni imara, mkayashike mapokeo mliofundishwa, ama kwa (kuvuviwa, Unabii) wa maneno, au kwa waraka wetu".