II Thessalonians 3:12
The Scripture
(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.
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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