2 Thessalonians 3:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Now we charge and exhort such persons [as ministers in Him exhorting those] in the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) that they work in quietness and earn their own food and other necessities.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹² By the Lord Jesus Christ, we command and encourage such people to work quietly and put their own food on the table.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Now we charge those who act in this way, and we beg them in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work in silence and eat their own bread.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Now we charge them that are such, and beseech them by the Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with silence, they would eat their own bread.

2 Thessalonians 3:12 Cross References

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful with quiet than two handfuls with toil and a chasing after wind.

Luke 11:3

Give us each day our daily bread.

Ephesians 4:28

Those who steal must give up stealing; rather, let them labor, doing good work with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,

2 Thessalonians 3:8

and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you.

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.