2 Thessalonians 3
If Anyone Will Not Work, Let Him Not Eat
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Pray for Us
3:1Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, just as it also is among you,
3:2and that we may be rescued from perverse and evil people, for not all have faith.
3:3But the Lord is faithful; He will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
3:4And we are confident in the Lord about you, that you both do and will do what we command.
3:5And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the endurance of Christ.
Warning Against Idleness
3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.
3:7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we did not behave disorderly among you,
3:8nor did we eat anyone’s bread without payment, but with labor and toil we worked night and day so as not to burden any of you.
3:9It was not that we lack the right, but that we might give ourselves to you as an example for you to imitate.
3:10For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: if anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat.
3:11For we hear that some among you are walking disorderly, not working at all but working at everyone else’s business.
3:12Now such people we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and eat their own bread.
3:13But you, brothers, do not lose heart in doing good.
3:14And if anyone does not obey our word through this letter, take note of that person, and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
3:15Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Benediction
3:16Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
3:17The greeting is in my own hand—Paul’s—which is a sign in every letter. This is how I write.
3:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
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