2 Thessalonians 3:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

2 Thessalonians 3:12 —

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Cross-References

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Ephesians 4:28
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
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;
2 Thessalonians 3:8
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
Luke 11:3
Give us day by day our daily bread.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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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. 12)

12. by--The oldest manuscripts read, “IN the Lord Jesus.” So the Greek, 1Th 4:1, implying the sphere wherein such conduct is appropriate and consistent. “We exhort you thus, as ministers IN Christ, exhorting our people IN Christ.” with quietness--quiet industry; laying aside restless, bustling, intermeddling officiousness (2Th 3:11). their own--bread earned by themselves, not another’s bread (2Th…