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2 Thessalonians 3:10 — For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any…
“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”
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The verses around 2 Thessalonians 3:10.
8Neither 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:
9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Verse explanation
Sometimes used out of context today, this rule refers to a specific group in the church that had stopped working, apparently believing that Christ’s coming was so near that the normal routine was no longer worth continuing. Paul corrects this behavior with a direct rule, not a general condemnation of people who cannot work for other reasons.
From the 2 Thessalonians 3 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porque, quando ainda estavamos comvosco, vos mandámos isto, que, se alguem não quizer trabalhar, não coma tambem.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Porque, quando ainda estávamos convosco, isto vos mandamos: que se alguém não quiser trabalhar, também não coma.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Incluso cuando estuvimos con ustedes les dimos instrucciones estrictas de que todo aquél que no trabaje no coma.
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More verses about work
- Colossians 3:23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
- Proverbs 16:3Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor…
- Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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