2 Thessalonians 3:10–12

3:10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.” 3:11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life,15 not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.16 3:12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.17

15	tn Grk “walking in an undisciplined way” (“walking” is a common NT idiom for one’s way of life or conduct).
16	tn There is a play on words in the Greek: “working at nothing, but working around,” “not keeping busy but being busybodies.”
17	tn Grk “that by working quietly they may eat their own bread.”