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Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. |
Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. |
Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread. |
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Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat. |
Now we charge and exhort such persons [as ministers in Him exhorting those] in the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) that they work in quietness and earn their own food and other necessities. |
Now, these we command and exhort, we beg of them, please in the Lord Jesus Christ, that in quietness they be working for their living and be eating their own bread. |
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Our order to such men, indeed our appeal by the Lord Jesus Christ, is to settle down to work and eat the food they have earned themselves. |
Now on the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ we charge and exhort such persons to do their own work with quiet and eat their own bread. |
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