2 Thessalonians 3:10
for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;
11for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working,
Cross References
Genesis 3:19by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou [art], and unto dust thou turnest back.'
Proverbs 20:4Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
Proverbs 24:30Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
John 16:4'But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said [them] to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;
1 Thessalonians 3:4for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known [it];
2 Thessalonians 2:5Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, these things I said to you?
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 →