2 Thessalonians 3:12
10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
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.
14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
- KJV
- Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- WEB
- Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.
- ASV
- Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- DARBY
- Now such we enjoin and exhort in [the] Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread.
- BLB
- Now to such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with quietness, they should eat their own bread.
- ÅB
- Men sådanne befaler og formaner vi i den Herre Jesus Kristus at de skal arbeide i stillhet og spise sitt eget brød.
- OTB
- Nå befaler og oppfordrer vi slike individer i Herren Jesus Kristus til å arbeide stille og spise sitt eget brød.
- B1930
- Men sådanne byder og formaner vi i den Herre Jesus Kristus at de skal arbeide i stillhet og ete sitt eget brød.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:28
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
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 3:8
Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
Read in contextLuke 11:3
Give us day by day our daily bread.
Read in contextProverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 4:6
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:1
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Read in contextGenesis 49:14–15
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
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