9. We had the right to ask you to help us. But we worked to take care of ourselves so that we would be an example for you to follow.
10. When we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If anyone will not work, he will not eat.”
11. We hear that some people in your group refuse to work. They do nothing. And they busy themselves in other people’s lives.
12. We command those people to work quietly and earn their own food. In the Lord Jesus Christ we beg them to do this.
13. Brothers, never become tired of doing good.