2nd Thessalonians Chapter 3 verse 12 Holy Bible
Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
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Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.
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Now such we enjoin and exhort in [the] Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread.
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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.
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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.
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and such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, their own bread they may eat;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Now them that are such we command and exhort by (or, as the best manuscripts read, in) our Lord Jesus Christ; in him, as the source of authority; "In his Name." That with quietness. In contrast to being busybodies, with calmness of spirit, freedom from excitement. They work, and eat their own bread; not the bread of others, but their own, for which they have laboured and which they have earned. They would thus be independent of the liberality and generosity of others. (For similar exhortations, see 1 Thessalonians 4:11; Ephesians 4:28.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) We command.--The fourth time the severe word is used in this very chapter. Perhaps "we order" might convey the meaning still more sharply. But immediately, lest severity provoke rebellion, he adds, "and we beseech," alleging also the grounds on which he rests his appeal: "in our Lord"--i.e., "on the strength of our union in the Body of Christ." (Comp. 1Thessalonians 4:1.)That with quietness they work.--The opposites of bustling, and of idleness.Eat their own bread.--Not other people's. This passage tempts us to take the marginal version in 1Thessalonians 4:12 : "have need of no man." The phrase is not fatal to the idea of there being a communism established. The bread would still be "their own"--i.e., they would have a right to it, supposing it had been earned for the community by hard work: otherwise, communism or no communism, the bread was stolen. The commentators aptly compare a rabbinical saying:" When a man eats his own bread he is composed and tranquil in mind; but if he be eating the bread of his parents or children, much more that of strangers, his mind is less tranquil."
