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8 nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
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nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
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We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.
10 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
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For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
11 For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
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We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
12 Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
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Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.
13 As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.
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And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
14 If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
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Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed.
15 Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
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Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.
16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
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Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
17 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the sign of genuineness in every letter of mine; it is the way I write.
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I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
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