2 Thessalonians 3:12
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
παρακαλέω
parakaléō
to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Key Terms in This Verse
παρακαλέω parakaléō
to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
Study G3870 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →Cross References
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
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