2 Thessalonians 3:11

WEB

¹¹For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

KJV

¹¹For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

BSB

¹¹Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.

FBV

¹¹But now we hear that there are some lazy busybodies among you who don't work at all.

Related Resources

As New Creatures, Eat What You Earn: 2 Thessalonians 3:11–16, Part 1 - Desiring God
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How Long Are We Patient with the Idle? 2 Thessalonians 3:11–16, Part 3 - Desiring God
A Theology of Work (2 Thessalonians 3:6-15) - Grace to You
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Extra References

1 Timothy 5:13

¹³Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

⁶Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion and not after the tradition which they received from us.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

¹¹and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,

1 Peter 4:15

¹⁵But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.