2 Thessalonians 3:11
9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
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Compare
- BSB
- Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
- KJV
- For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
- WEB
- For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.
- ASV
- For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.
- DARBY
- For we hear that [there are] some walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but busybodies.
- BLB
- For we hear some are walking among you⁺ in an unruly manner, not working at all, but being busybodies.
- ÅB
- For vi hører at noen iblant dere vandrer utilbørlig og ikke arbeider, men gir seg av med ting som ikke kommer dem ved.
- OTB
- For vi hører at noen blant dere lever uordentlig, uten å gjøre noe arbeid, men er opptatt med unyttige ting.
- B1930
- For vi hører at nogen iblandt eder vandrer utilbørlig og ikke arbeider, men gir sig av med ting som ikke kommer dem ved.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 5:13
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
Read in context1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
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