“Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.”
— WEB
2 Thessalonians 3:12
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“Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.”
— KJV
“Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.”
— ASV
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Commentary
by--The oldest manuscripts read, "IN the Lord Jesus." So the Greek, Th1 4:1, implying the sphere wherein such conduct is appropriate and consistent. "We exhort you thus, as ministers IN Christ, exhorting our people IN Christ." with quietness--quiet industry; laying aside restless, bustling, intermeddling officiousness (Th2 3:11). their own--bread earned by themselves, not another's bread (Th2 3:8).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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