2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
2 Thessalonians 3:8
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 Thessalonians 3:9
not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a role model for you, so that you would follow our example.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
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 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.
2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now we command and exhort such persons in the Lord Jesus Christ to work peacefully and eat their own bread.