2 Thessalonians 3:11

2 Thessalonians 3:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
• New International Version (NIV)We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.

Context of 2 Thessalonians 3:11

9We could have told you to give us what we needed. We have authority to do that. But we wanted to show you how to live properly. Then you could copy our example. 10Even when we were there with you, we told you this rule: ‘If anyone refuses to work, you should not give food to him.’ We say this because someone has told us news about you. They have told us that some people among you are living in a lazy way. Those people do not work at their own jobs. Instead, they cause trouble to other people who are working. 12We have something to say to people who are lazy like that. We warn them with the authority that the Lord Jesus Christ gives to us. They must stop causing trouble. They must work properly, so that they get their own food to eat. 13But you must never stop doing what is right, our Christian friends, even when it causes trouble for you.

2 Thessalonians 3:11 word by word

Ἀκούομεν γάρ τινας περιπατοῦντας ἐν ὑμῖν ἀτάκτως, μηδὲν ἐργαζομένους ἀλλὰ περιεργαζομένους.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• we hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• that there areπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• youσύsu · youG4771
• disorderlyἀτάκτωςataktōs · idlyG814
• workingἐργάζομαιergazomai · to workG2038
• not at allμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• are busybodiesπεριεργάζομαιperiergazomai · be a busybodyG4020

Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 3:11

• 2 Thessalonians 3:6Our friends, you must stay away from every believer who is living in a lazy way. We tell you this with the authority that the Lord Jesus Christ gives to us. Lazy people like that are not living in the way that we taught you.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11Try very much to live at peace with other people. Work hard at your own job. We have already told you that you must do these things.
• 1 Timothy 5:13Young widows may learn to be lazy. They may go around from house to house. Not only do they become lazy, but they talk too much about silly things. They talk wrongly about other people and what they are doing. They say things that they ought not to say.
• 1 Peter 4:15Do not murder anyone. Do not rob anyone. Do not do evil things. Do not try to cause trouble for other people. If you do those things, you deserve to have trouble.

Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For we hear that there are some - It is very likely that St. Paul kept up some sort of correspondence with the Thessalonian Church; for he had heard every thing that concerned their state, and it was from this information that he wrote his second epistle. Disorderly - · Out of their rank - not keeping their own place. Working not at all - Either lounging at home, or becoming religious gossips; , doing nothing. Busybodies - · Doing every thing they should…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For we hear - It is not known in what way this was made known to Paul, whether by Timothy, or by some other one. He had no doubt of its truth, and he seems to have been prepared to believe it the more readily from what he saw when he was among them. Which walk disorderly - See the notes, 2 Thessalonians 3:6. But are busy-bodies - Compare the 1 Timothy 5:13 note; 1 Peter 4:15 note. That is, they meddled with the affairs of others - a thing which they who…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-15Verses 6-15 Those who have received the gospel, are to live according to the gospel. Such as could work, and would not, were not to be maintained in idleness. Christianity is not to countenance slothfulness, which would consume what is meant to encourage the industrious, and to support the sick and afflicted. Industry in our callings as men, is a duty required by our calling as Christians. But some expected to be maintained in idleness, and indulged a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-15In his previous letter, Paul addressed the issue of church members who were lazy and refused to work (1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; 5:14). Some ignored his message and example, so he provides more guidance on how to treat these members.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. busy bodies--In the Greek the similarity of sound marks the antithesis, "Doing none of their own business, yet overdoing in the business of others." Busy about everyone's business but their own. "Nature abhors a vacuum"; so if not doing one's own business, one is apt to meddle with his neighbor's business. Idleness is the parent of busybodies (1Ti 5:13). Contrast 1Th 4:11.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Thessalonians 3:11

• Busybody
• Commandments
• Idleness
• Industry
• Labor
• Slothfulness

In the dictionaries

• Admonish
• Disorderly
• Lord
• Poor
• Busybody
• Salvation

Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings