"Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own …" — 2 Thessalonians 3:12

2 Thessalonians 3:12 · 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.”

— 2 Thessalonians 3:12

Verse 11

For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

Verse 13

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. {be...: or, faint not}

2 Thessalonians 3 — Context

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.

Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. {be...: or, faint not}

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. {by...: or, signify that man by an epistle}

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. {to give: or, to distribute}

1 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;

2 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:

Luke 11:3

Give us day by day our daily bread. {day by day: or, for the day}

Proverbs 17:1

Better {is} a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices {with} strife. {sacrifices: or, good cheer}

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better {is} an handful {with} quietness, than both the hands full {with} travail and vexation of spirit.

Genesis 49:14-15

Issachar {is} a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

1 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. {beseech: or, request} {exhort: or, beseech}