2 Thessalonians 3:10

Paul recalls his clear rule given in person: if anyone refuses to work, he should not eat. Willful idleness has no claim on the community's support.

Cross-references · 10

• Gen 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
• Prov 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
• 1 Th 4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
• Prov 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
• Prov 21:25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
• Prov 24:30–34I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
• 1 Th 3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
• John 16:4But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
• Luke 24:44And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
• Acts 20:18And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,

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