“Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Thessalonians 3 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.