2 Thessalonians 3:7-13

7You know what you must do to imitate us. We lived a disciplined life among you.

8We didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, we worked hard and struggled night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.

9It’s not as though we didn’t have a right to receive support. Rather, we wanted to set an example for you to follow.

10While we were with you, we gave you the order: “Whoever doesn’t want to work shouldn’t be allowed to eat.”

11We hear that some of you are not living disciplined lives. You’re not working, so you go around interfering in other people’s lives.

12We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus Christ to pay attention to their own work so they can support themselves.

13Brothers and sisters, we can’t allow ourselves to get tired of doing what is right.