2 Thessalonians 3:7

• §2830Article 3 · The Seven PetitionsRead at vatican.va

  “He is not inviting us to idleness,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Thess 3:6-13.

John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.11Conference XXIV

  “Not as if we had not power; but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us.”” — editor's note: Acts xx. 34; 2 Thess. iii. 7, 9.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4

  “Now them that are such we charge and beseech in our Lord Jesus Christ, that with silence they work, and eat their own bread.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 6–12

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Idolatry Chapter 5

  “Again, they say the same apostle has left a precept, according to his own example, “That each one work with his own hands for a living.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 11; 2 Thess. iii. 6–12.

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• Exodus 20:4

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.

• 2 Kings 18:4

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.

• Proverbs 23:35

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.11.

• Hosea 7:9

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.11.

• 1 Corinthians 7:20

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.

• 1 Corinthians 9:1

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 9:2

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 9:3

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 9:4

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 9:5

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 9:6

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 9:7

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 4.

• 1 Corinthians 10:6

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.

• 1 Corinthians 10:11

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:11

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.