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2 Thessalonians 3
⁵ May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.
⁶ And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from all believers who live idle lives and don’t follow the tradition they received from us.
⁷ For you know that you ought to imitate us. We were not idle when we were with you.
⁸ We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so we would not be a burden to any of you.
⁹ We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.
¹⁰ Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat.”
¹¹ Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and meddling in other people’s business.
¹² We command such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work to earn their own living.
¹³ As for the rest of you, dear brothers and sisters, never get tired of doing good.
¹⁴ Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed.
¹⁵ Don’t think of them as enemies, but warn them as you would a brother or sister.