2 Thessalonians 3:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 —

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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.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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 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 killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-15)

The apostle having commended their obedience for the time past, and mentioned his confidence in their obedience for the time to come, proceeds to give them commands and directions to some who were faulty, correcting some things that were amiss among them. Observe, The best society of Christians may have some faulty persons among them, and some things that ought to be reformed. Perfection is not to…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

10. For even--Translate, “For also.” We not only set you the example, but gave a positive “command.” commanded--Greek imperfect, “We were commanding”; we kept charge of you. would not work--Greek, “is unwilling to work.” Bengel makes this to be the argument: not that such a one is to have his food withdrawn from him by others; but he proves from the necessity of eating the necessity of working; us…