2 Thessalonians 3:12

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
  • 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,--that ye abound more and more.
  • Gen 49:14-15 : 14 Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds: 15 And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
  • Luke 11:3 : 3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    4And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command.

    5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

    6Now 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 they received of us.

    7For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

    8neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

    9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

    10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

    11For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

  • 1 Thess 4:11-12
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    11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

    12that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

  • 2 Thess 3:13-15
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    13But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

    14And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

    15And [yet] count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

  • 1 Thess 5:12-14
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    12But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

    13and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

    14And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?

    7What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

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    16that ye also be in subjection unto such, and to every one that helpeth in the work and laboreth.

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    7And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

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    12and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

  • 1 Cor 11:33-34
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    33Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

    34If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.

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    14And let our [people] also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

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    19So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4Have we no right to eat and to drink?

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    14Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.

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    13And withal they learn also [to be] idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging [them] in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

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    18For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire.

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    17comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

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    17Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.

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    1Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,--that ye abound more and more.

    2For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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    9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

  • Eph 4:28
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    28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

  • 1 Pet 4:15
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    15For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters:

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    34Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

  • Rom 16:18
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    18For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

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    36send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about, and buy themselves somewhat to eat.

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    10I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

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    8but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

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    10no wallet for [your] journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

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    24Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;

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    12If others partake of [this] right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.