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2 Thessalonians 3:11
2 Thessalonians 3:11 is verse 11 of 2 Thessalonians chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
King James Version
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
World English Bible
For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.
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2 Thessalonians 3:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
10 For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
11 Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
12 We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
13 But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
1 Timothy 5:13At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
1 Peter 4:15Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.