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2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
English Standard Version
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
English Standard Version
10 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: (A)If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. 11 For we hear that some among you (B)walk in idleness, not busy at work, but (C)busybodies. 12 Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.[a]
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- 2 Thessalonians 3:12 Greek to eat their own bread
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
New International Version
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
New International Version
10 For even when we were with you,(A) we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work(B) shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.(C) 12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ(D) to settle down and earn the food they eat.(E)
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