2 Thessalonians 3:7
NASB
2 Thes 3:7
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For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined manner among you,
2 Thes 3:8
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nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we {kept} working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;
2 Thes 3:9
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not because we do not have the right {to this,} but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow our example.
2 Thes 3:10
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For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.
2 Thes 3:11
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For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.
2 Thes 3:12
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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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