2 Thessalonians 3:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, {G3754} If any will not work, neither let him eat.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ γὰρ ὅτε ἦμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, τοῦτο παρηγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν, ὅτι Εἴ τις οὐ θέλει ἐργάζεσθαι, μηδὲ ἐσθιέτω.

Transliteration

Kai gar hote ēmen pros you, this parēngellomen you, hoti Ei tis ou thelei ergazesthai, mēde esthietō.

Grammar Details

*Kai gar*: conjunctive phrase - for also/for even
*hote*: temporal conjunction - when
*ēmen*: imperfect indicative, active, 1st plural - we were
*pros*: preposition + accusative - with
*parēngellomen*: imperfect indicative, active, 1st plural - we were commanding
*hoti*: conjunction introducing quotation - that
*Ei*: conditional conjunction - if
*tis*: nominative, indefinite pronoun - anyone
*ou*: negative particle - not
*thelei*: present indicative, active, 3rd singular - wants/wills
*ergazesthai*: present infinitive, middle - to work
*mēde*: negative conjunction - neither/nor/not even
*esthietō*: present imperative, active, 3rd singular - let him eat

Word Meanings

*parēngellomen*: we were commanding/we were instructing/we were charging
*thelei*: wants/wills/desires
*ergazesthai*: to work/to labor
*esthietō*: let him eat/he should eat

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Referenced Verses

Gen 3:19 : 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Prov 21:25 : 25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: 33 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
1 Thess 4:11 : 11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your {G2398} hands, even as we charged you;
1 Thess 3:4 : 4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
John 16:4 : 4 But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.
Acts 20:18 : 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye yourselves know, from the first day {G575} that I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time,

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