For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. Treasury of Scripture when. Luke 24:44 And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled... John 16:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, you may remember that I told you of them... Acts 20:18 And when they were come to him, he said to them, You know, from the first day that I came into Asia... that. Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are... Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has 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. Proverbs 21:25 The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor. Proverbs 24:30-34 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding... 1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Context Warning Against Idleness
6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walks disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. 7For yourselves know how you ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing; but worked with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample to you to follow us. 10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 13But you, brothers, be not weary in well doing. 14And if any man obey not our word by this letter, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.
Darby Bible 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.
King James Bible
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he 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,
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