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# Apostle Paul in the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians on those who refuse to work
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-12-state-sovetskoi-konstitutsii-1936-goda-soderzhitsia-priamaia-tsitata-iz-biblii/
- Published: 2024-03-25T11:17:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:50:18.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Books, Society

Article 12 of the 1936 Soviet Constitution contains a direct quotation from the Bible.

*He who does not work, neither shall he eat.*

These are the words of the Apostle Paul from the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, literally:

*For even when we were with you, this we commanded you: that if any would not work, neither should he eat.*

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