Better is dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
2 Thessalonians 3:12 - Tree of Life Version Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Messiah Yeshua to work in a quiet demeanor, so they may eat their own bread. 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 dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a handful with tranquility than two handfuls of toil and striving after the wind.
The one who steals must steal no longer—instead he must work, doing something useful with his own hands, so he may have something to share with the one who has need.
Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and appeal in the Lord Yeshua—just as you received from us the way you ought to walk and please God (as in fact you are walking)—that you keep progressing more and more.
and aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, just as we directed you—
And we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but worked night and day with labor and hardship, so as not to burden any of you.
for kings and all who are in authority—so we may live a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and respectfulness.