23 Man goes out to (A)his work
And to his labor until the evening.

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19 (A)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(B)For dust you are,
And (C)to dust you shall return.”

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28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather (A)let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something (B)to give him who has need.

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12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet,
Whether he eats little or much;
But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.

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16 Just then an old man came in from (A)his work in the field at evening, who also was from the mountains of Ephraim; he was staying in Gibeah, whereas the men of the place were Benjamites.

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nor did we eat anyone’s bread [a]free of charge, but worked with (A)labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, not because we do not have (B)authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.

10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are (C)busybodies. 12 Now those who are such we command and [b]exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ (D)that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Lit. for nothing
  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:12 encourage

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