2 Thessalonians 3:7-9 For you know well that you ought to follow our example. When we were with you, our life was not ill-ordered,

Twentieth_Century⁽ⁱ⁾ 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.