2 Thessalonians 3:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

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  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.
  • Prov 21:25 : 25 The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. 31 And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns, its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. 34 So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
  • 1 Thess 3:4 : 4 For truly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.
  • John 16:4 : 4 But I have told you these things, so when the time comes, you may remember I told you about them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
  • Acts 20:18 : 18 And when they had come to him, he said to them, "You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you,

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    11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies.

    12 Now those who are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work quietly and eat their own bread.

    13 But you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.

    14 And if anyone does not obey our word in this letter, note that person and do not associate with him, that he may be ashamed.

  • 2 Thess 3:6-9
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    6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.

    7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we did not behave disorderly among you.

    8 Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

    9 Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.

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

    12 That you may walk honestly toward those who are outside, and that you may have lack of nothing.

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from working?

    7 Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

  • Matt 10:10
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    10 Nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs: for the worker is worthy of his food.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: for working night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

  • Eph 4:28
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    28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

  • Luke 10:7
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    7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

  • Titus 3:14
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    14 And let our people also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, that they may not be unfruitful.

  • 1 Tim 5:8
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    8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • 1 Cor 4:11-12
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    11 Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

    12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18 For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his wages.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13 For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;

  • 1 Cor 11:34
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    34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will set the rest in order when I come.

  • 1 Cor 9:14
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    14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4 Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

  • Gal 6:9
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    9 And let us not grow weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.

  • Jas 2:15-16
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    15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food,

    16 and one of you says to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?

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    1 We then, as workers together with Him, urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain.

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    8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we better, nor if we do not eat are we worse.

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    11 Let such a person consider this, that as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

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    11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?

    12 If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

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    20 Avoiding this, that anyone should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us;

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    6 The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16 that you also be in submission to such, and to everyone who helps and labors with us.

  • Acts 20:34
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    34 Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

  • 1 Cor 5:11
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    11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6 Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

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    9 And when I was with you and in need, I was a burden to no one: for what I lacked the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied. And in all things I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and so I will keep myself.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26 He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

  • 1 Cor 3:9
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    9 For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.

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    4 For truly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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    9 I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

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    6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch and be sober.

  • Exod 20:9
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    9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,