Twentieth_Century(i)
6 We urge you, Brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any Brother who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.
7 For you know well that you ought to follow our example. When we were with you, our life was not ill-ordered,
8 Nor did we eat any one's bread without paying for it. Night and day, laboring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden upon any of you.
9 This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy.
10 Indeed, when we were with you, what we urged upon you was-- 'If a man does not choose to work, then he shall not eat.'
11 We hear that there are among you people who are living ill- ordered lives, and who, instead of attending to their own business, are mere busy-bodies.