2 Thessalonians 3:10 “For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone…”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate.

Darby Translation

For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.

Young's Literal Translation

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,

Bible in Basic English

For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

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Cross references

“when”

John 16:4 Luke 24:44 Acts 20:18

John 16:4 · BSB

But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

Luke 24:44 · BSB

Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

Acts 20:18 · BSB

When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

“that”

Genesis 3:19 Proverbs 13:4 1 Thessalonians 4:11 Proverbs 20:4 Proverbs 21:25 Proverbs 24:30–34

Genesis 3:19 · BSB

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Proverbs 13:4 · BSB

The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 · BSB

and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

Proverbs 20:4 · BSB

The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

Proverbs 21:25 · BSB

The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 24:30–34 · BSB

I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.

Also

1 Thessalonians 3:4

1 Thessalonians 3:4 · BSB

Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

11For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies.

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