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9 not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow our example.
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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 used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.
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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 are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like 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 exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread.
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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 But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary of 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 our instruction in this letter, take special note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he will be put to shame.
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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 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish 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 continually grant you peace in every circumstance. 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, and this is a distinguishing mark in every letter; this 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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