10For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.


In Context

7 For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;

8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing, but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you.

9 Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us.

10 For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.

11 For we have heard there are some among you who walk disorderly, working not at all, but curiously meddling.

12 Now we charge them that are such, and beseech them by the Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with silence, they would eat their own bread.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:10For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: |If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.