2 Thessalonians 3:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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;
  • Eph 4:28 : 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.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 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.
  • 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 For kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.
  • Gen 49:14-15 : 14 Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between two burdens. 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.
  • Luke 11:3 : 3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

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  • 2 Thess 3:4-11
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    4And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command you.

    5May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ.

    6Now 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.

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

    8Nor 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.

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

    10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

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

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

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

  • 2 Thess 3:13-15
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    13But you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.

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

    15Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

  • 1 Thess 5:12-14
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    12And we urge you, brothers, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

    13And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

    14Now we exhort you, brothers, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.

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

    7Who 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?

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

  • Luke 10:7
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    7And 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.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it.

  • 1 Cor 11:33-34
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    33Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

    34If 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.

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

  • Rom 14:19
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    19Therefore let us pursue the things that lead to peace and the building up of one another.

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

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

  • 1 Tim 5:13
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    13And besides, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, speaking things they ought not.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to argue about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.

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

  • 2 Thess 2:17
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    17Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

  • Phil 3:17
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    17Brothers, join in following my example, and mark those who walk as you have us for a pattern.

  • Rom 15:1
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    1We who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

  • 1 Thess 4:1-2
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    1Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.

    2For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For 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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    28Let 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.

  • 1 Pet 4:15
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    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters.

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

  • Rom 16:18
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    18For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.

  • Mark 6:36
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    36Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will think no other way; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
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    8And having food and clothing, let us be content with that.

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

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6Nor 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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    1Now we beseech you, brothers, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

  • 1 Tim 6:3
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    3If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness;

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

  • Acts 15:24
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    24Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, You must be circumcised and keep the law—to whom we gave no such commandment—

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12If 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.