2 Thessalonians 3:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.””
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“For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Thessalonians 3:10 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 20:4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
- Proverbs 21:25The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
- Proverbs 24:30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
- John 16:4But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
- Acts 20:18When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:4Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:5Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?
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