Verse 12

and such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, their own bread they may eat;

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,
• Eph 4:28 : 28 whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.
• 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 nor for nought did we eat bread of any one, but in labour and in travail, night and day working, not to be chargeable to any of you;
• 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,
• Gen 49:14-15 : 14 Issacher `is' a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds; 15 And he seeth rest that `it is' good, And the land that `it is' pleasant, And he inclineth his shoulder to bear, And is to tribute a servant.
• Prov 17:1 : 1 Better `is' a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
• Eccl 4:6 : 6 `Better `is' a handful `with' quietness, than two handfuls `with' labour and vexation of spirit.'
• Luke 11:3 : 3 our appointed bread be giving us daily;