5. I pray that the Lord will guide you to be as loving as God and as patient as Christ.
6. My dear friends, in the name of the Lord Jesus, I beg you not to have anything to do with any of your people who waste their time and refuse to obey the instructions we gave you.
7. You know that you should follow our example. We didn't waste our time being lazy,
8. and we didn't accept food from anyone without paying for it. We didn't want to be a burden to any of you, so night and day we worked as hard as we could.
9. We had the right not to work, but we wanted to set an example for you.
10. We also gave you the rule that if you don't work, you don't eat.
11. Now we learn that some of you waste your time and won't do any work, except the work of a busybody.
12. So, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, we ask and beg these people to settle down and start working for a living.
13. Dear friends, you must never become tired of doing right.
14. Be on your guard against any followers who refuse to obey what we have written in this letter. Put them to shame by not having anything to do with them.
15. Don't consider them your enemies, but speak kindly to them as you would to any other follower.
16. I pray that the Lord, who gives peace, will always bless you with peace. May the Lord be with all of you.