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"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.”"
— 2 Thessalonians 3:10, NET Bible
“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”
“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. ”
“For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."”
“For also, when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.”
“For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.”
“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”
For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,
and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
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.”
For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.
But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.