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8 we did not eat any one's bread without paying, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden 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 have not that right, but to give you in our conduct 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 gave you this command: If any one will not 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 of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work.
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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 exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness 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 Brethren, do not be weary in well-doing.
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And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
14 If any one refuses to obey what we say in this letter, note that man, 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 look on 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 all ways. 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 mark 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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