2 Thessalonians 3:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Them that are such, we commaunde and exhort by our Lorde Iesus Christ, that they workyng in quietnesse, eate their owne breade.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that ye studie to be quiet, and to do your owne busynesse and to worke with your owne handes as we commaunded you:
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let hym that stole, steale no more: but let hym rather labour, workyng with his handes the thyng whiche is good, that he may geue vnto hym that needeth.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 Neither toke we breade of any man for nought: but wrought with labour and sweat nyght and daye, because we woulde not be chargeable to any of you.
  • 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 For kynges, and for all that are in auctoritie, that we maye leade a quiete and peaceable lyfe, in all godlynesse and honestie.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore we besech you brethren, & exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus, that ye encrease more and more, as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walke and to please God.
  • Gen 49:14-15 : 14 Isachar is a strong asse, couchyng hym downe betweene two burthens. 15 And sawe that rest was good, and the lande that it was pleasaunt: and bowed his shoulder to beare, and became a seruaunt vnto tribute.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 One handfull saith he is better with rest, then both the handes full with labour and trauayle of mynde.
  • Luke 11:3 : 3 Our dayly breade geue vs this day.

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  • 2 Thess 3:4-11
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    4And we haue confidence in the Lorde to youwarde, that ye both do, and wyll do the thynges whiche we commaunde you.

    5And the Lorde guyde your heartes to the loue of God, and to the pacient waytyng for Christe.

    6We commaunde you brethren in the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the institution whiche he receaued of vs.

    7For ye your selues knowe howe ye ought to folowe vs: For we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,

    8Neither toke we breade of any man for nought: but wrought with labour and sweat nyght and daye, because we woulde not be chargeable to any of you.

    9Not but that we had auctoritie, but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs.

    10For when we were with you, this we warned you of: that yf any woulde not worke, the same shoulde not eate.

    11For we haue heard that there are some which walke among you inordinately, workyng not at all, but be busy bodies.

  • 1 Thess 4:11-12
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    11And that ye studie to be quiet, and to do your owne busynesse and to worke with your owne handes as we commaunded you:

    12That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, & that nothyng be lackyng in you.

  • 2 Thess 3:13-15
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    13And ye brethren, be not weery in well doyng.

    14Yf any man obey not our doctrine, signifie hym by an epistle, and haue no companie with hym, that he maye be ashamed.

    15Yet count him not as an enemie, but warne hym as a brother.

  • 1 Thess 5:12-14
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    12And we beseche you brethren to know them whiche labour among you, and haue the ouersight of you in the Lorde, and admonishe you:

    13That ye haue them in hye reputation, in loue for their worke, and be at peace among your selues.

    14We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men.

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6Either only I and Barnabas haue not power this to do?

    7Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne cost? Who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruite therof? Or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16That ye be obedient euen vnto suche, and to all that helpe with vs, & labour.

  • Luke 10:7
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    7And in the same house tary styll, eatyng and drinking such thynges as they shall set before you. For the labourer is worthy of his rewarde. Go not from house to house.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12And labour, working with our owne handes. We are reuyled, and we blesse. We are persecuted, and suffer it.

  • 1 Cor 11:33-34
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    33Wherfore my brethren, when ye come together to eate, tary one for another.

    34If any man hunger, let hym eate at home, that ye come not together vnto condempnation. Other thynges wyll I set in order when I come.

  • Titus 3:14
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    14And let ours also learne to excell in good workes to necessarie vses, that they be not vnfruitefull.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19Let vs therfore folowe those thynges which make for peace, & thynges wherwith one may edifie another.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4Haue we not power to eate and to drinke?

  • 1 Cor 9:14
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    14Euen so hath the Lord ordayned, that they which preache the Gospell, shoulde lyue of the Gospell.

  • 1 Tim 5:13
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    13They learne to wander about from house to house idle: yea not idle only, but also tatlers and busybodies, speakyng thynges which are not comely.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Of these thynges put them in remembraunce, testifie before the Lorde, that they striue not about wordes to no profite, but to the peruertyng of ye hearers.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the scripture sayth: Thou shalt not moosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne: And, the labourer is worthy of his rewarde.

  • 2 Thess 2:17
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    17Comfort your heartes, and stablysshe you in all good saying and doyng.

  • Phil 3:17
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    17Brethren, be folowers together of me, and loke on them which walke so as ye haue vs for an ensample.

  • Rom 15:1
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    1We whiche are stronge, ought to beare ye fraylnes of the weake, & not to stande in our owne conceiptes.

  • 1 Thess 4:1-2
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    1Furthermore we besech you brethren, & exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus, that ye encrease more and more, as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walke and to please God.

    2For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by the Lorde Iesus.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For ye remember brethren, our labour and trauayle. For we labouryng nyght & day, because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you, preached vnto you the Gospell of God.

  • Eph 4:28
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    28Let hym that stole, steale no more: but let hym rather labour, workyng with his handes the thyng whiche is good, that he may geue vnto hym that needeth.

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    15See that none of you be punished as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euyll doer, or as a busie body in other mens matters.

  • Acts 20:34
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    34Yea, ye your selues knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

  • Rom 16:18
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    18For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes.

  • Mark 6:36
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    36Let them departe, that they may go into the countrey rounde about, and into the townes, and bye them bread: for they haue nothyng to eate.

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I haue truste towarde you in the Lorde, that ye wyll be none otherwyse mynded: But he that troubleth you, shall beare iudgement, whatsoeuer he be.

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    8But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13Truly, not that other be set at ease, & ye brought into combraunce:

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    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:

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    12If others be partakers of this power wherfore are not we rather? Neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all thinges, lest we shoulde hinder the Gospel of Christ.