Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
2 Thessalonians 3:12 - Revised Standard Version Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness and to earn their own living. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.
Finally, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.
to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you;
we did not eat any one's bread without paying, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.
for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way.