Bible verse
We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
2 Thessalonians 3:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Thessalonians 3.
8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
9 Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
10 For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
11 Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
12 We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
13 But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
14 Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
15 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
16 Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
KJV
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
ASV
Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
ERV
Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
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