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2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
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2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
New English Translation
10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.” 11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life,[a] not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.[b] 12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.[c]
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- 2 Thessalonians 3:11 tn Grk “walking in an undisciplined way” (“walking” is a common NT idiom for one’s way of life or conduct).
- 2 Thessalonians 3:11 tn There is a play on words in the Greek: “working at nothing, but working around,” “not keeping busy but being busybodies.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12 tn Grk “that by working quietly they may eat their own bread.”
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