2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

In Context

9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

11For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

John 16:4But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.

1 Thessalonians 3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

2 Thessalonians 2:5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 3:7-16

Cautions to the Disorderly. ( a. d. 52.) 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9 Not because we have not power, but… Read the whole commentary →

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