2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
KJV
ἀκούομεν γάρ τινας περιπατοῦντας ἐν ὑμῖν ἀτάκτως, μηδὲν ἐργαζομένους ἀλλὰ περιεργαζομένους·
Greek NT
Audivimus enim inter vos quosdam ambulare inquiete, nihil operantes, sed curiose agentes.
Vulgate
For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.
ASV
For we have heard there are some among you who walk disorderly: working not at all, but curiously meddling.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
περιεργάζομαι
periergazomai
verb · 1×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀτάκτως
ataktos
adverb · 2×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐργάζομαι
ergazomai
verb · 41×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2830"Our bread": the Father who gives us life cannot not but give us the nourishment life requires - all appropriate goods and blessings, both material and spiritual. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus insists on the filial trust that cooperates with our Father's providence.115 He is not inviting us to idleness,116 but wants to relieve us from nagging worry and preoccupation. Such i…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 4:15 — But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
- 1Pet 4:15 — But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
- 1Thess 4:11 — And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
- 1Thess 5:14 — Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
- 1Tim 5:13 — And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
- 2Thess 3:6 — Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
- Eph 4:28 — 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.
- Mark 8:34 — And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.