2 Thessalonians 3:7-9 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: that we did not behave ourselves irregularly among you,

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: that we did not behave ourselves irregularly among you, ⁸ nor eat any man's bread for nothing; but with labour and toil worked night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you; ⁹ not because we are destitute of authority, but that we might exhibit ourselves as a pattern for you to imitate.