2 Tessalonicesi 3:12

12 A quei tali noi ordiniamo e li esortiamo nel Signor Gesù Cristo che mangino il loro proprio pane, quietamente lavorando.

2 Tessalonicesi 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Now them that are such
For this was not the case and character of them all. Did such practices generally obtain, no community, civil or religious, could subsist. And the apostle wisely distinguishes them from others, that the innocent might not be involved in the charge.

We command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ;
using both authority and entreaty; taking every way to reclaim them, commanding in the name of Christ and beseeching for the sake of Christ

that with quietness they work:
with their own hands, at their proper callings, and so support themselves, provide for their families, and have something to give to them that are in need; by which means they will live peaceable and quiet lives, in godliness and honesty, and not disturb the peace of neighbourhoods, churches, and families:

and eat their own bread;
got by their own labour, and bought with their money, and not the bread of others, or that of idleness.

2 Tessalonicesi 3:12 In-Context

10 E invero quand’eravamo con voi, vi comandavamo questo: che se alcuno non vuol lavorare, neppure deve mangiare.

11 Perché sentiamo che alcuni si conducono fra voi disordinatamente, non lavorando affatto, ma affaccendandosi in cose vane.

12 A quei tali noi ordiniamo e li esortiamo nel Signor Gesù Cristo che mangino il loro proprio pane, quietamente lavorando.

13 Quanto a voi, fratelli, non vi stancate di fare il bene.

14 E se qualcuno non ubbidisce a quel che diciamo in questa epistola, notatelo quel tale, e non abbiate relazione con lui, affinché si vergogni.