7 You surely know that you should follow our example. We didn't waste our time loafing,
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 this rule: If you don't work, you don't eat.
11 Now we learn that some of you just loaf around 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.