2 Thessalonians 3:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

For we heare, that there are some which walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are busie bodies.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And likewise also being idle they learne to goe about from house to house: yea, they are not onely ydle, but also pratlers and busibodies, speaking things which are not comely.
  • 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that ye studie to be quiet, & to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commaunded you,
  • 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 We warne you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which hee receiued of vs.

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    12Therefore them that are such, we warne and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that they worke with quietnes, and eate their owne bread.

    13And ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

    14If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, & haue no company with him, that he may be ashamed:

  • 2 Thess 3:6-10
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    6We warne you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which hee receiued of vs.

    7For ye your selues know, how ye ought to follow vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,

    8Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.

    9Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.

    10For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate.

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

    12That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

  • 1 Tim 5:13
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    13And likewise also being idle they learne to goe about from house to house: yea, they are not onely ydle, but also pratlers and busibodies, speaking things which are not comely.

  • 1 Pet 4:15
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    15But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters.

  • Titus 3:14
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    14And let ours also learne to shewe foorth good woorkes for necessary vses, that they be not vnfruitfull.

  • Prov 18:9
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    9He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.

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    6Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke?

    7Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne coste? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?

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    4Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

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    12Nowe we beseeche you, brethren, that ye acknowledge them, which labour among you, and are ouer you in the Lorde, & admonish you,

    13That yee haue them in singular loue for their workes sake. Bee at peace among your selues.

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    11But nowe I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together: if any that is called a brother, be a fornicatour, or couetous, or an idolater, or a rayler, or a drunkard, or an extorsioner, with such one eate not.

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    11Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.

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    14Of these things put them in remembrance, and protest before the Lord, that they striue not about wordes, which is to no profit, but to the peruerting of the hearers.

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I haue trust in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but hee that troubleth you, shal beare his condemnation, whosoeuer he be.

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    3For yee are yet carnall: for whereas there is among you enuying, and strife, and diuisions, are ye not carnall, and walke as men?

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  • Acts 15:24
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    17Brethren, bee followers of mee, and looke on them, which walke so, as yee haue vs for an ensample.

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    10For there are many disobedient & vaine talkers and deceiuers of mindes, chiefly they of the Circumcision,

    11Whose mouthes must bee stopped, which subuert whole houses, teaching things, which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.

  • 1 Thess 5:6-7
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    6Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober.

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    28Let him that stole, steale no more: but let him rather labour, and worke with his handes the thing which is good, that hee may haue to giue vnto him that needeth.

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