Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Que celui qui dérobait ne dérobe plus; mais plutôt qu'il travaille, en faisant de ses mains ce qui est bien, pour avoir de quoi donner à celui qui est dans le besoin.
KJV
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Epiphanius
Panarion (Adversus Haereses)
Bibelworten bei den Nikolaiten Clemens AI. Strom. III 27, 3; II 208, 15ff ählin — 2 Act. 20, 34 — 3 Ephes. 4, 28 — 9 Judas 10 — 14 Judas 8ff — 21 öm. 8, 8; vgl. Clemens Alex, strom. III 39, 1 II 213, 30 ählin καὶ μή τι πρὸς τούτους ὁ ἀπόστολος ἐν τῇ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἐπιστολῇ ἐπιτειν…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
chings, in fastings, in chastity." Fourthly, it is directed to almsgiving, wherefore it is written ( Eph. 4:28 ): "He that stole, let him now steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that su…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ul means. For the Apostle ordered manual labor first of all in order to avoid theft, as appears from Eph. 4:28 , "He that stole, let him now steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands." Secondly, to avoid the coveting of others' property, wherefore it is writ…
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