2Th 3:10 | RWP | e4.org | This ( τουτο ). What he proceeds to give. If any will not work, neither let him eat ( οτ ε τις ου θελε εργαζεσθα μηδε εσθιετω ). Recitative οτ here not to be translated, like our modern quotation marks. Apparently a Jewish proverb based on . Wetstein quotes several parallels. Moffatt gives this from Carlyle's Chartism : "He that will not work according to his faculty, let him perish according to his necessity." Deissmann ( Light from the Ancient East , p. 314) sees Paul borrowing a piece of workshop morality. It was needed, as is plain. This is a condition of the first class (note negative ου ) with the negative imperative in the conclusion.

‏ 2 Thessalonians 3:10

This ( τουτο ). What he proceeds to give.

If any will not work, neither let him eat ( οτ ε τις ου θελε εργαζεσθα μηδε εσθιετω ). Recitative οτ here not to be translated, like our modern quotation marks. Apparently a Jewish proverb based on Ge 3:19. Wetstein quotes several parallels. Moffatt gives this from Carlyle's Chartism: "He that will not work according to his faculty, let him perish according to his necessity." Deissmann (Light from the Ancient East, p. 314) sees Paul borrowing a piece of workshop morality. It was needed, as is plain. This is a condition of the first class (note negative ου ) with the negative imperative in the conclusion.