II Thessalonians 3:11
The Scripture
(11) For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Second Thessalonians 3 opens with Paul asking for prayer for the spread of the gospel and for deliverance from its opponents. He addresses idle members of the church who had stopped working, commanding that those unwilling to work should not eat, and reminding them of his own example of labor. The chapter closes urging the church to gently discipline the disorderly and pronouncing a blessing of peace.
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