2 Thessalonians 3:12

Weymouth NT

To persons of that sort our injunction –and our command by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ– is that they are to work quietly and eat their own honestly-earned bread.

Cross References

Luke 11:3

give us day after day our bread for the day;

Ephesians 4:28

He who has been a thief must steal no more, but, instead of that, should work with his own hands in honest industry, so that he may have something of which he can give the needy a share.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Moreover, brethren, as you learnt from our lips the lives which you ought to live, and do live, so as to please God, we beg and exhort you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live them more and more truly.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do:

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat any one's bread without paying for it, but we laboured and toiled, working hard night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.

1 Timothy 2:2

including kings and all who are in high station, in order that we may live peaceful and tranquil lives with all godliness and gravity.