2 Thessalonians 3:9

• §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, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 126

  “The Apostle spent more; for, though it was allowed unto all the Apostles to receive, as Christ’s soldiers, pay from Christ’s subjects, that Apostle, nevertheless, toiled with his own hands, and excused the subjects the maintenance owing to him.” — editor's note: 1 Thess. ii. 7, 9; 2 Thess. iii. 8, 9.

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• 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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• Augustine of Hippo, Of the Work of Monks Chapter 9

  “…travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us.” — editor's note: 2 Thess. iii. 8, 9

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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.

• 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 9:12

  Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 9.

• 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.