2 Thessalonians 3:10 KJV — MannaFest

2 Thessalonians 3:10

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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,

DBT

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

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2 Thessalonians — A short follow-up clarifying eschatology. The day of the Lord has not come; the man of lawlessness must first be revealed.

Author: Paul, with Silvanus and Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 51–52, from Corinth — months after 1 Thessalonians

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24 verses on the floor

Genesis 3:19
In 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.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
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.

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Such persons do what in them lies to defeat the sentence, In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread. It was not the mere humour of the apostle, who was an active stirring man himself and therefore would have every body else to be so too, but it was the command of our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness we work, and eat our own bread,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It seems to me simpler to take it as a punishment of the idle. Paul often quotes good adages current among the people, stamping them with inspired approval. In the Hebrew, "Bereshith Rabba," the same saying is found; and in the book Zeror, "He who will not work before the sabbath, must not eat on the sabbath."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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2TH 3:10PRO 13:4 PRO 12:24
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2TH 3:10PRO 20:4 PRO 10:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2TH 3:101TH 4:11 EPH 4:28
2TH 3:101TH 4:11 ECC 4:6
2TH 3:10GEN 3:19 ECC 12:7
2TH 3:101TH 4:11 1PE 3:4
2TH 3:101TH 4:11 TIT 3:14
2TH 3:101TH 4:11 PRO 17:1

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